A EARLY VICTORIAN BLACK-JAPANNED AND LIVERY-PAINTED STANHOPE PHAETON
Lot 212

A EARLY VICTORIAN BLACK-JAPANNED AND LIVERY-PAINTED STANHOPE PHAETON

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

Closed8 July 2010

Price Realised

GBP 20,000

More Information

How to sell

A EARLY VICTORIAN BLACK-JAPANNED AND LIVERY-PAINTED STANHOPE PHAETON
BY PETERS AND SONS, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY
With folding black leather calash top over two green cloth-covered cushions, a rubber trellis-lined footwell and a dashboard, with associated foot box and single rail support to the back bench seat, the back with crest with coronet and garter motto, fitted with a folding metal step-ladder, with one pole but no team bars, one spanner stamped 'SPENCER', marked on each wheel hub 'PETERS & SONS, LONDON', with a pair of black-japanned carriage-lamps by H. SMITH NORTHAMPTON, extensive losses and overall cracking to the decoration
100 in. (254 cm.) high; 63 in. (160 cm.) wide; 108 in. (275 cm.) long, without pole
Rear wheels 46 in. (118 cm.) diameter
Front wheels 38 in. (98 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

The Stanhope Phaeton is named after Captain the Hon. Fitzroy Stanhope (c.1754-1828), who introduced many modifications into early 19th century carriage design.