Lot Essay
A closely related park barouche by Wyburn and Co., and probably made for the Duke of Buckingham, was sold by Sworders, Essex, 27 April 2010, lot 448.
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BY BARKER AND CO., LONDON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
AN GEORGE IV BLACK-JAPANNED AND LIVERY-PAINTED C-SPRING PARK BAROUCHE
BY BARKER AND CO., LONDON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With folding black leather calash cover enclosing a green oil-cloth and baize-lined buttoned leather interior with further lap-covered folding facing seats, with two side doors with silvered rectangular loop-handles and painted with full coats-of-arms, the side-railed coachman's seat with conforming green cloth cushion, with mud-guards the liveried frame with four large C-springs above elliptical leaf-springs and iron-rimmed spoked wooden wheels, the rear with spiked urchin bar, with pole and two team bars, marked on each wheel hub 'BARKER & CO. CHANDOS STT', with two carriage lamps (one damaged), one front C-spring leather strap broken, losses and overall cracking to decoration
84 in. (213 cm.) high, cover closed; 68 in. (173 cm.) wide; 147 in. (373 cm.) long, without pole
Rear wheels 52 in. (132 cm.) diameter
Front wheels 38 in. (98 cm.) diameter
BY BARKER AND CO., LONDON, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With folding black leather calash cover enclosing a green oil-cloth and baize-lined buttoned leather interior with further lap-covered folding facing seats, with two side doors with silvered rectangular loop-handles and painted with full coats-of-arms, the side-railed coachman's seat with conforming green cloth cushion, with mud-guards the liveried frame with four large C-springs above elliptical leaf-springs and iron-rimmed spoked wooden wheels, the rear with spiked urchin bar, with pole and two team bars, marked on each wheel hub 'BARKER & CO. CHANDOS STT', with two carriage lamps (one damaged), one front C-spring leather strap broken, losses and overall cracking to decoration
84 in. (213 cm.) high, cover closed; 68 in. (173 cm.) wide; 147 in. (373 cm.) long, without pole
Rear wheels 52 in. (132 cm.) diameter
Front wheels 38 in. (98 cm.) diameter
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