ANTIQUE CHILD PRAM OR BUGGY.EST CIRCA MID 1800\'s.ORIGINAL CONDITION.160+ YRS OLD


ANTIQUE CHILD PRAM OR BUGGY.EST CIRCA MID 1800\'s.ORIGINAL CONDITION.160+ YRS OLD

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ANTIQUE CHILD PRAM OR BUGGY.EST CIRCA MID 1800\'s.ORIGINAL CONDITION.160+ YRS OLD:
$3500.00



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A MUSEUM QUALITY EST CIRCA 1800\'s ANTIQUE CHILD BUGGY OR PRAM. ORIGINAL CONDITION. LEATHER AND PAINT COULD BE RESTORED. IN FAIR TO POOR CONDITION AS IN THE HOOD OF THE PRAM. ALL OTHER PARTS WORK PERFECTLY. WHEELS ROTATE AND MOVE FORWARD AND THE BASSINET ROCKS LIKE A CRADLE. I PURCHASED THIS ONE AT AN ANTIQUE sale. I WOULD PREFER NOT TO SHIP THIS ONE BUT CAN IF REQUIRED AS LONG YOU HAVE A PREPAID SHIPPING COMPANY AVAILABLE. LOCAL PICK UP ONLY IS PREFERRED...I AM WILLING TO DELIVER THIS ITEM LOCALLY TO A TRUCKING/SHIPPING COMPANY IF YOU HAVE A PRE-ARRANGED SHIPPING AVAILABLE..
I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THIS ONE AND IF YOU CHECK OUT THE LINK BELOW YOU WILL DISCOVER MUCH HISTORY.I BELIEVE THIS BUGGY WAS INTENDED FOR A CHILD WHO COULD SIT UP DURING THAT ERA. SEE THE 2 SEATS INSIDE THE BUGGY.WE MUST REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL DESIGN WAS A MEANS OF CHILD TRANSPORT BASED ON A HORSE CARRIAGE MODEL.A VERY DIFFERENT ERA THEN YES? I FIND THIS IDEA FASCINATING. I WOULD ALMOST THINK THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN MADE FOR LARGER DOLL TRANSPORT OR PLAYTIME MODEL FOR A CHILD.YOU DECIDE.I GREW UP IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA NOW CZECH REPUBLIC AND I SAT UP IN A CARRIAGE WITH AN ADDED BODY HARNESS WHICH WAS ATTACHED TO THE SIDES OF A CARRIAGE SO I WOULD NOT FALL OUT TILL I WAS LIKE 2 OR 3. IT WAS A BETTER CONTROL FOR A CHILD RATHER THAN HAVE THEM WALKING, CONSIDERING MY HOMELAND IS OVERPOPULATED AND UNSAFE FOR A CHILD TO WANDER ABOUT..SAFER MEANS OF CHILD TRANSPORTATION WHEN ADULTS WENT SHOPPING. MY INITIAL RESEARCH FOR THIS BUGGY POINTS TO THE 1800\'s ERA.
HERE ARE THE DIMENTIONS..
THE BUGGY IS 41 INCHES LONG, 18 INCHES WIDE AND 29 INCHES HIGH FROM GROUND UP. THE BASINET IS 11.5 INCHES HIGH, 34 INCHES LONG AND 15.75 INCHES WIDE. WHEEL DIAMETERS ARE 21 INCHES.HOOD MEASURES 18 X 16.25 INCHES. IT HAS SEVERAL TEARS IN IT AND COULD BE RESTORED. THE BUGGY WOULD BE GREAT FOR A DOLL DISPLAY OR COULD SIT LIKE A SHOWPIECE..AS IT DID IN MY HOME.
IT HAS BEEN WASHED AND LIGHTLY RUBBED WITH LEMON OIL TO PROTECT IT FROM DRYNESS. IN A NON SMOKING PET FREE ZONE. SELLING THIS ONE AS IS. SERIOUS buyers ONLY.ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK offerDING.
The First Buggy

William Kent, a garden architect from England, designed the first known baby carriage for the third Duke of Devonshire in 1733. Kent, remembered more for his radical garden designs than for his carriage idea, created the baby carriage in the shape of a shell that a baby could sit in. It was decorated with a snake design and used a harness to be pulled by a goat. It also was designed with springs so that the Dukes children could ride in comfort.

Kent’s design caught on, and soon baby carriages were springing up in wealthy circles around Europe. They were amazingly detailed works of art, but they were considered luxuries at the time. The everyday middle class and working poor of the time could never afford such an extravagant baby toy.

In the years that followed, several important design changes were made to the style of the baby carriage. Most importantly, they were equipped with handles.

This was important because up until that time carriages and prams were designed as miniature horse-drawn carriages. They were built to be pulled by dogs or ponies instead of by parents. The new handles meant that the emphasis was on convenience for parents instead of a child’s entertainment value.

In the 1840s the baby carriage experienced its first big break when Queen Victoria bought three push-style baby carriages from the Hitchings Baby Stores of Ludgate Hill. These carriages were like many baby carriages of the time—they were too tall to be safe and too unstable to be really useful.

In those days, however, it was the royalty who set the fashions. By purchasing the carriages, Queen Victoria ensured that by the following year anyone who wanted to be part of high society had a baby carriage to push their children around in.

These nineteenth century models had names to reflect the need for people to be associated with royalty. Model names like Duchess or Princess were common. The Windsor and Balmoral models were also fairly popular, and they were named after famous royal homes.

It is interesting to note that when the first prams and carriages appeared in the late nineteenth century, they were banned from public footpaths as other four wheel vehicles were. Several women were prosecuted for pushing their babies on these public walking areas, but the law eventually decided that new mothers with baby carriages didn’t pose enough of a safety risk to be persecuted.

Richardson’s Patent Changes Everything

On June 18, 1889, a man named William H. Richardson walked into a Baltimore patent office with an idea that forever changed the baby carriage.

His idea was for a baby carriage that used a special joint to allow a bassinet to be turned to face the operator or face away as in conventional prams of the day. In essence, he created the first reversible baby carriage.

Several changes he made also went into the axles, which allowed for greater turning ability. Up until that time, baby carriages had solid axels that did not allow for independent wheel movement. The front wheels turned together, and the back wheels turned together. Richardson’s carriage allowed for the wheels to turn individually—which meant that the vehicle could turn 360 degrees in a much smaller turning radius.

Many of Richardson’s design modifications are still in use today.



In 1733, the Duke of Devonshire asked Kent to build a means of transportation that would amuse his children. Kent built a shell shaped basket on wheels that the children could sit in. It was pulled by a goat or small pony.

When other wealthy parents saw the contraption they commissioned someone to build them one. Still, these were considered status items, something the everyday parent could never afford. These designs were modified in the next few years and when someone thought to add handles so parents could push their children Queen Victoria bought three carriages. That was the stroller’s big break. After Queen Victoria bought them, anybody who was anybody had a baby carriage. The name is derived from the fact that a stroller originally looked like a miniature horse-drawn AM AN ANTIQUES AND FINE COLLECTIBLES COLLECTOR FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS. WITH THIS COMES GREAT EXPERIENCE. I AM ALSO A RESEARCHER/WRITER AND HAVE TRAVELED ALL OVER EUROPE AND UNITED STATES WHERE I STUDIED AND EXPERIENCED MANY GREAT ADVENTURES WHILE PURCHASING SOME FINE PIECES AT sale HOUSES AND ANTIQUE SHOWS. ALL MY PURCHASES ARE WELL RESEARCHED AND AUTHENTICATED WITH THE HELP OF MANY ANTIQUE BOOKS AND ONLINE RESEARCH TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY AND KNOW HOW. I ALSO SEEK ADVICE FROM MANY REPUTABLE COLLECTORS AND ANTIQUE HOUSES.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING BY ....PAYMENT IS DUE NO LATER THAN 5 DAYS AFTER YOUR AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE. YOU CAN PICK UP THE PRAM ONCE THE PAYMENT CLEARS THROUGH PAYPAL..ADDRESS FOR PICK UP WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME..THANK YOU.


ANTIQUE CHILD PRAM OR BUGGY.EST CIRCA MID 1800\'s.ORIGINAL CONDITION.160+ YRS OLD:
$3500.00

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