Golden Cart
Needle Case
Design Representation
Design Details
Needle Case Type: |
Figural |
Patent/Registered to: |
Buncher & Haslen – Birmingham (misspelling of Haseler) |
Patent/Design Representation #: |
Ornamental Class1: Metal: #311822 (Provisional 1364 registered May 12, 1877) |
Patent/Design Registration Date: |
July 11, 1877 |
Location of Patent/Design Registration: |
The National Archives (TNA) - Kew, UK |
Reference #: |
TNA Representation - BT 43/42/311822
TNA Register - BT 44/4/311822 |
Dimensions: |
9 x 5 x 4.5
|
Material: |
Brass |
Name Variations: |
a) W. Avery & Son - Redditch
b) Cook-Son & Co - London
c) Unmarked |
Other Variations: |
None |
Additional Photographs
Hinge side and back
Front and wheel detail
Top closed and open
Bottom and name detail
Bottom Cook signature detail and top detail
Bottom Avery signature detail and bottom unmarked (photo from eBay)
Facts
Originally a cart was a vehicle with two wheels, usually pulled by a horse, used to transport heavy loads from one place to another.
Sometimes they were pulled by mules, donkeys or oxen and occasional, with smaller loads, by goats or large dogs. Although this type of cart
is still found in some areas of the world, today the term also applies to any small vehicle used to carry merchandise such as shopping carts or
grocery carts.
History
Small two-wheeled carts drawn by a domesticated animal date back to ancient times when man needed assistance to move items that could not be
carried by hand. Although the earliest carts were used primarily for agriculture purposes, is wasn’t long before some were modified for speed
and these developed into chariots used for hunting, sport and ancient warfare. During the Victorian period small two-wheeled carts continued
to be used in agriculture as well as for transportation. Carts were also used to carry an assortment of merchandise that could be sold on the
streets such as the vegetable cart depicted in the Victorian print below. Click on the chromolithographic prints above or below to see a
larger version of them.
Miscellaneous
Today in the western world the cart and other animal drawn vehicles have been replaced by cars and trucks and in agriculture by tractors.
The small cart shown here is produced by the John Deere Company of Moline, Illinois, the largest agricultural implement manufacturer in the
world. Small two-wheeled carts like this are now pulled by small tractors.
