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as excellence of adaptation and elegance of finish. Boththe head and the nut end of the shaft box-bolt, representthe acorn. The D wheel is of the same character.
The running gears present a display of carving. Thehead-block and tenon of the perch form the Americaneagle, with pinions extended, and in full flight. Thewagon is supplied with a patent screw axle.
The shafts are finished with chased silver tips, andhave stitched leathers. The steps are decorated with theolive leaf, indicative of peace. The top joints are heavilyplated with silver, the prop nuts of which are embossed,on one side of the top, with the British lion, and on theother, with the American eagle, in heavy silver. Thecentre or rivet of the joints represent the English rose,in chased silver. The joint props are covered with heavysilver rollers.
The rims of the hub-bands represent a wreath in silver,composed of the rose, shamrock and thistle, in the centreof which is engraved the name of the maker of the vehicle.
The top, &c., is of patent leather, ornamentally stitched.The knob holes of the curtains form, ha stitching, thegrape leaf. The bows are neatly covered with patentleather, ornamented with embossing or creasing, in imita-tion of the olive branch,
The front and side valehs of the top are of patentleather, stitched with scroll-work, and hands clasped infellowship, emblematic of the happy fraternity existingbetween England and the United States . The curtainknobs represent the English rose. The glass frame in theback curtain is composed, in elegantly embossed silverwork, of the lion’s head, American eagle, rose, shamrock,and thistle.
The lining is of American cloth, of a dark-green colom.The lace was designed by W. H. Ilortsmann and Son,Philadelphia . The ground is gold, with a mixed figure,
worked in green and black silk, representing the oak leafand twig, and olive branch, entwined in a wreath. En-closed in each wreath is one of four emblems, viz :—Ame-rican eagle* rose, shamrock, and thistle. The tufts of thecushions are of green silk, with gold centre. The festoonsor inner curtains are of fringed silk netting. The loops,or cord and tassels, are of green silk and gold.
The dasher is covered with patent leather, adorned withneat stitching. On the front of the dasher are the headsof two British Hons and two American eagles, with silverrings suspended from the mouths, to which are attachedthe dasher straps, beautifully stitched, with an appro-priate contrivance as a substitute for the ordinary hookand ring, by which the straps are fastened and unfastened,with great facility. Welded with the heel of the dasheris a handsomely polished foot rod, an entirely new adapta-tion.
The vehicle is arranged and constructed with an extraback. The top and extra back both can be removed atwill. (See engraving below.)
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