'Galloping gig' gets collectors' pulses racing
Western Daily Press
|September 25, 2025
A “galloping gig” pushchair used by Queen Victoria's grandchildren is up for auction.
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Queen Victoria pictured with some of her grandchildren in 1899
(Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
The rare, late-19th-century piece is described as embodying both “the playful spirit of the Victorian era and the private world of the royal family’.
Designed to resemble a horse-drawn carriage, it features a child’s wicker seat and a pair of dappled toy horses which gallop up and down when the gig is pushed along.
यह कहानी Western Daily Press के September 25, 2025 संस्करण से ली गई है।
हजारों चुनिंदा प्रीमियम कहानियों और 10,000 से अधिक पत्रिकाओं और समाचार पत्रों तक पहुंचने के लिए मैगज़्टर गोल्ड की सदस्यता लें।
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