#314

Early English Paper Wagon and Team of Eight Horses in Original Dated Box
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15" (38 cm.) Presented on original wooden platform,is an arrangement of a covered wagon pulled by a team of eight work horses; each piece is made of heavy card stock,entirely hand- cut,fitted,and artistically-painted with light enamel overcoat. The arrangement comprises the wagon with cut-out details of cage-back and sides,and original delivery label citing stop-overs in Leicester,Bristol & Bath,et al. and the horses are fitted with sturdy collars and leather straps,with one horseman walking alongside. The arrangement is preserved in impeccable and astonishing original fresh condition is its original wooden box which is lined with an English journal dated 1810.