Object number
2024/11
Title
Vardo,
Description
This is an open lot Gypsy wagon, known as a vardo. It is an animal-drawn vehicle equipped as travelling living quarters. The vehicle has a green canvas roof, canvas doors, horse shafts and a external storage box. It is elaborately painted inside and out with horse motifs. Believed to have been built in the 1930s it has a bed for adults, storage cupboards and space for a stove.
Physical description
vardo
Archival history
MERL sign - It was given to us by collector and folklorist Jeremy Harte who bought it at a New Age Traveller fair in 2015. He bought it from a Gypsy artist and blacksmith called Jake Bowers. It was built in the 1930s and we are keen to find out more about its early history.
Production date
1930-01-01 - 1939-12-31
Production period
1930s
Object name
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