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Period: Early 1900s
Material: Wood
19th Century hand carved wood and polychromed Jeu de massacre fairground figure
Located in London, GB
19th Century hand carved wood and polychromed Jeu de massacre fairground figure
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Vintage Shooting Club Lodge Target Plaque German 1900s, Carnival Folk Art
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Vintage Shooting Lodge Target Plaque 1900s. A rare and beautiful wooden shooting target plaque with inscriptions. This rare kings plaque was issued by a ...
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Early 1900s German Folk Art Antique Wood Carnival Art
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The item sits on a black metal stand and fits perfectly onto the stand for display purposes, the Item however can be removed easily and handled. The stand is sold as part of this lot.
History
This caravan was built in Reading by Dunton and Sons beside the River Kennet at Crane Wharf in 1914.
Caravans like this were first built for travelling show people in the early 19th century. Gypsies started to live in caravans in the 1850s. Before this they had travelled by horse or foot and camped in tents. The Romany word for caravan is vardo.
Several types of caravan developed in the 19th century. This one is known as a ‘Ledge’ because the body is built out over the wheels. Dunton also built the ‘Reading’ type caravan that was very popular with the Gypsy Community as it was suited to poorly surfaced tracks. The reality of everyday life on the road for the Gypsies could be hard especially when faced with extremes of weather, and discrimination.
The romantic image of Gypsy life led some members of the middle classes to buy or hire Gypsy caravans for horse drawn holidays in the 1900s. This inspired the episode in Kenneth Graham’s The Wind in the Willows, when Mr Toad takes a short-lived caravan adventure. Kenneth Graham lived near Reading in Pangbourne.
Dunton’s are first recorded as ‘coach and cart wheelwright and general smith’ at 30 King’s Road and Highbridge Wharf in 1874. It is not known when they made their first caravan but by 1884 they were described as ‘van builders’. By 1889, as ‘coach and carriage...
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