AN EARLY VICTORIAN BLACK AND GREEN JAPANNED AND LIVERY-PAINTED PRIVATE OMNIBUS
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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BLACK AND GREEN JAPANNED AND LIVERY-PAINTED PRIVATE OMNIBUS

BY PETERS AND SONS, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 17,500

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BLACK AND GREEN JAPANNED AND LIVERY-PAINTED PRIVATE OMNIBUS
BY PETERS AND SONS, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY
The rectangular body with replaced sliding windows and key-patterned green window-straps, patent internal lamp box, each side with a row of green buttoned cloth-covered bench seats, half-glazed rear door, flowerhead-papered coffered ceiling and florally-patterned fitted carpet, the front box with railed coachman's seat with green cloth squab-cushion, horn-holder and hand-brake, a further bench behind, the sides with crest, coronet and garter motto, with carriage lamp-holders and railed roof, marked on each wheel hub 'PETERS & SONS, LONDON', with pole and two team bars and two spare team bars, moth damage to interior, extensive losses and overall cracking to the decoration, rear window broken
91 in. (231 cm.) high; 74 in. (188 cm.) wide; 153 in. (389 cm.) long, without pole.
Rear wheels 52 in. (132 cm.) diameter
Front wheels 37 in. (95 cm.) diameter