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What is a wheelbarrow?
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A wheelbarrow is a small cart designed typically for carrying loads of materials or tools for use in construction projects or in gardening. This cart typically features a wheel at the front, two legs for stable support and two handles for easy mobility. Shop a collection of antique wheelbarrows from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertNovember 2, 2021
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Antique 19th Century French Provincial Wooden Wheel Barrow
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique 19th century French provincial wooden wheel barrow.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Garden Ornaments
Materials
Wood
Wrought Iron Hand Cart Wheel Barrow for Plant Display
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Wrought Iron Hand Cart Wheel Barrow for Plant Display
The Cart or Barrow was used as a plant
Category
Vintage 1950s Arts and Crafts Planters, Cachepots and Jardinières
Materials
Wrought Iron
Vintage Dankner Gold and Gem set Whimsical Wheel Barrow Flower Cart Brooch
By Henry Dankner & Sons
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1960s Henry Dankner & Sons New York Dankner 14k Yellow Gold Wheel Barrow Brooch, measuring 1
Category
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Materials
Amethyst, Gold, 14k Gold
Naturalistic Wood and Wheel Barrow Pastoral Country Still Life Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Idyllic pastoral country still life painting of a stack of wood and a wheel barrow. Signed and
Category
1970s Naturalistic Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil
1940s Rustic Primitive Farmhouse Flat-Bed Hay Bricks Block Tile Wheelbarrow
Located in Dayton, OH
1940s Flat-bed wheel barrow. Intended for bricks or hay. Features a wooden frame on wheel with
Category
Vintage 1940s Rustic Garden Ornaments
Materials
Hardwood
Empire Ormolu and Patinated Bronze Figural Clock
Located in Kittery Point, ME
In the form of a putto with a wheel barrow carrying a keg mounted with a clock face topped by a
Category
Antique Early 19th Century French Empire Table Clocks and Desk Clocks
Materials
Bronze
