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This small toy cart originally came from Devon, where the donor purchased it in a sale in Exeter in 1938. It is designed to look like a hay cart, and can be tipped, with the back removed. It is also inscribed 'C. E. T. & Co. // Contractors' on the front board. It originally came with a small model of a cart horse, which was destroyed during the second world war.

1 toy hay cart: wood, metal; good condition

MERL ‘Associated information’ form – 'Toy Cart // Bought in Exeter about 1938 at a sale of goods in an old house. The broken axle was replaced by oak from the old Exe Bridge at Bountess Weir. // Meant to be a hay cart, can be tipped, and the back removed.', Letter, Miss Harvie to MERL, 25th September 1956 - 'I have read with interest the article in the September Geographical Magazine on Farm Carts & Waggons, + note that you would like to receive information of any surviving examples. // I am afraid I cannot offer to tell you of a full sized cart, but some time ago I bought at a sale a perfect little model of an old farm cart, evidently built for a child. It is very like the picture of the 1893-4 cart for carrying hay, with a tip-back. // It has broad wheels with metal binding... // It has on the front:- C. E. T. + Co. Contractors - presumably to make it look real to the owner. // Originally there was a fine model of a cart horse with it, but alas, that was blown up in the blitz.'

Model, Cart, Toy

Wood, Metal