Object Details
- Description
- This jaunty horse-drawn carriage was presented to a little girl in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. When wound with a key, a clockwork mechanism inside the toy turns the back wheels and sends the carriage on its way. The Connecticut manufacturer, George W. Brown & Co., was famous for producing a variety of windup tin toys during the mid-1800s.
- Credit Line
- Millicent Todd Bingham
- 1862
- ID Number
- DL.65.0013
- catalog number
- 65.0013
- accession number
- 254853
- Object Name
- Two-Horse Carriage
- carriage, horse-drawn, toy
- Object Type
- toys
- Other Terms
- Two-Horse Carriage; Toys
- Physical Description
- iron, tinned sheet (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 14 in x 2 1/4 in; 13.335 cm x 35.56 cm x 5.715 cm
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Bristol
- place owned; place used
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History exhibition website
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- National Treasures exhibit
- Transportation
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Toys
- Children
- Family
- Gifts & Presents
- Carriages
- Horses
- Record ID
- nmah_314557
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-bcc5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
