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My precious Grandfather made 5 of these - 3 for his daughters and 2 for his 2 eldest grand-daughters. It is one of my most treasured possessions. He even made all the metal parts by hand and it's an exact scaled replica of the cart he used as a young man working on a farm.
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Mood: Love =TheGalleryOfEve Jan 30, 2013
This is so precious, May! :iconflyingheartsplz::love::iconflyingheartsplz: ... Beautifully crafted, so detailed! :love: I'm so happy that you've kept such a beautiful thing so intact! :love:
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=MayEbony Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you Eve. There was also an amazing gypsy caravan, about twice the size of this that he made for Nanny (the name we called my grandmother). When they died it was packed carefully and sent to a cousin in England who had wanted it. But after a few years she sold it. I only wish she'd have found out what price she could have got and given the family a chance to pay her for it because I'd have paid it without a second thought. I didn't know it was being sold until it was too late. It's so very sad to see it go. The new person loves it, but it is now just an item, not a part of a family heritage.
This makes me treasure my cart even more though!
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=TheGalleryOfEve Jan 30, 2013
Yes, I can imagine May :iconaawplz: ... Things like these don't have a price in money, they're too valuable to sell them! :facepalm: ... But well, at least the good thing is that the new person loves it and it's well taken care of! :love:
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=MayEbony Jan 30, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Yes. Apparently it's part of a collection now. I'd love to see the collection, but it's in the UK and I'm in Australia.
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=TheGalleryOfEve Jan 31, 2013
Well, that sounds like a good excuse to go visit the Big Ben city someday, don't you think so? :nod:
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=MayEbony Jan 31, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Maybe one day we will. David takes his leave from work 2 weeks at a time though and we would want to go for longer than that, so we will see what happens in the future. Have you been to the UK?
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=TheGalleryOfEve Jan 31, 2013
No never ... I've never been to Europe ... someday I'll go to Paris, though! :iconflyingheartsplz::love::iconflyingheartsplz:
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=MayEbony Feb 3, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
I hope you really enjoy it. I prefer Italy to France myself, but it's been a very, very long time since I was in either!
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*Katana-Tate Jan 17, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Your grandfather was a very talented handyman. Today one would think this was made by a machine and not by hand. Just at all those tiny and fragile parts. :wow:

Now this all what is needed is a horse in the same size. :D
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=MayEbony Jan 18, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I do have a china horse that my mother-in-law bought me about 10 years after I got the cart (but, like so many of my precious ornaments, it is still at our old house while the house is still for sale). The grandfather that made this cart was my mum's dad.

He was a wood turner for his living and made lovely salt and pepper shakers for restaurants plus fruit bowls, sugar bowls and all sorts of beautiful things. Before the world discovered the dubious joys of plastic.
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