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Donkey Cart

This donkey carriage is an example of an earlier carriage being reused. The undercarriage is from a…

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Siamese Phaeton

This super little phaeton was used by Queen Victorias grandchildren. There is a surviving photograph…

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Invalid Carriage

Invalid Carriage for a single pony or donkey. This carriage has a black leather covered canvas head.…

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Pony Phaeton

Pony Phaetons were driven by ladies around parks and estates. They are lightweight elegant little ca…

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Herring, John Frederick Senior

John Frederick Herring was born in London in 1795. Herring spent the first eighteen years of his lif…

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Simgle Brougham

This is a Double Brougham of a quality build by one of the most prominent coachbuilders, Baker and C…

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Bier

A hand drawn or horse-drawn bier would have been the standard mode of transport for a deceased villa…

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Single Brougham

Single Brougham for a single horse or a pair of horses. This is a conventional brougham with an angu…

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Curricle

Curricles were particularly popular in the late 18th and early 19th century and this example was bui…

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Round Backed Gig

A Round Backed Gig with striking green and black vertical stripes on the body and bright yellow lini…

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Pony Phaeton

Pony Phaetons were driven by ladies around parks and estates. They are lightweight elegant little ca…

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State Landau

Built by Hooper and Co this is recorded as being Queen Victorias 5th State Landau. It is a superb ex…

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Skeleton Gig

This is a very rare and exciting carriage. It would have been owned and driven by a gentleman who wa…

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Sleigh

The use of Sleighs did not really catch on in England due to the country not having prolonged period…

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Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages

Located on Mill Street in the centre of Maidstone, the Tyrwhitt-Drake Museum of Carriages offers an…

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Chariot Undercarriage

An interesting carriage and something of a curio. It clearly lost its body sometime ago and has perh…