A Wonderful Mid 19thC Invalid Carriage / Bath Chair c.1854

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A Wonderful Mid 19thC Invalid Carriage / Bath Chair c.1854Origin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1850 1860 Length: 66 inches Height: 66 inches (extended) Width: 40 inches Rear Wheel Diameter: 30 inches The invalid carriage or bath chair, probably by J Alderman or Carters of London, dated in handwritten ink November 18th 1854 to the secret lidded seat compartment, with fold up hood and brown painted red lined body with royal blue button back plush interior on a sprung

Five months later

Britain itself in 1790 saw William Bligh arriving back in Britain with the first report of the Mutiny on the Bounty and the 91-mile Oxford Canal is opened

A rather cheerful 1930's bottle stopper in the form of Winston Churchill The cork is in tact but due to the delicate painted papier-mache construction the head has several areas of loss

Herbert Saunders of Coggeshall

there are the handwritten notations made and some general wear but the overall order is good

Elkington & Co

He resigned from the Guild in 1892 after controversy over the use of maker's marks

In 1960 he moved to Liverpool

with two internal drawers

there is no damage to report

The handles

There are few surface blemishes to the painted surface mainly to the mushroom cap

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