Headboard, Wreath for Locomotive Hauling Queen Victoria's Funeral Train

Made:
1901 in unknown
maker:
Great Western Railway
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Headboard, Wreath used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train 148kg gross weight

The wreath, made up of white everlasting flowers (immortelles) and bound by purple ribbon and black bow, was hung at the front of the Great Western locomotive Atbara, renamed Royal Sovereign, for the occasion.

Royal Sovereign transported the late queen from Paddington Station to Windsor.

Details

Category:
Locomotives and Rolling Stock Components
Object Number:
1986-8330
Materials:
dried immortelles, silk, cotton (fibre), wood (unidentified), glass and metal (unknown)
Measurements:
overall: 250 mm x 1410 mm x 1700 mm,
plaque: 48 mm x 1280 mm x 290 mm,
wreath: 1088 mm x 1088 mm,
case (w/o plaque): 250 mm x 1410 mm x 1410 mm,
type:
headboard
credit:
British Rail, Historical Relics

Parts

Headboard, wreath used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.

Headboard, Wreath for Locomotive Hauling Queen Victoria's Funeral Train

Headboard, wreath used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.

More

The wreath, made up of white everlasting flowers (immortelles) and bound by purple ribbon and black bow, was hung at the front of the Great Western locomotive Atbara, renamed Royal Sovereign, for the occasion.

Royal Sovereign transported the late queen from Paddington Station to Windsor.

Measurements:
overall: 1088 mm x 1088 mm,
Materials:
dried immortelles , silk , cotton (fibre) and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1986-8330/1
type:
headboard
Commemorative case for wreath headboard used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train, includes plaque which reads "Wreath carried on front of engine "Royal Sovereign" which drew the train that conveyed the body of the late Queen Victoria from Paddington to Windsor on Februrary 2nd 1901".

Case for Queen Victoria's Funeral Train Wreath Headboard

Commemorative case for wreath headboard used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train, includes plaque which reads "Wreath carried on front of engine "Royal Sovereign" which drew the train that conveyed the body of the late Queen Victoria from Paddington to Windsor on Februrary 2nd 1901".

More

The wreath, made up of white everlasting flowers (immortelles) and bound by purple ribbon and black bow, was hung at the front of the Great Western locomotive Atbara, renamed Royal Sovereign, for the occasion.

Royal Sovereign transported the late queen from Paddington Station to Windsor.

Measurements:
overall: 250 mm x 1410 mm x 1700 mm,
plaque: 48 mm x 1280 mm x 290 mm,
without plaque: 250 mm x 1410 mm x 1410 mm,
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
1986-8330/2
type:
case
Glass cover from commemorative case for wreath headboard used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.

Glass Cover from Case for Queen Victoria's Funeral Train Wreath Headboard

Glass cover from commemorative case for wreath headboard used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.

More

The wreath, made up of white everlasting flowers (immortelles) and bound by purple ribbon and black bow, was hung at the front of the Great Western locomotive Atbara, renamed Royal Sovereign, for the occasion.

Royal Sovereign transported the late queen from Paddington Station to Windsor.

Measurements:
overall: 5 mm x 1140 mm x 1140 mm,
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
1986-8330/3
type:
cover
Loose petals from wreath headboard used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.

Loose Petals from Queen Victoria's Funeral Train Wreath Headboard

Loose petals from wreath headboard used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.

More

The wreath, made up of white everlasting flowers (immortelles) and bound by purple ribbon and black bow, was hung at the front of the Great Western locomotive Atbara, renamed Royal Sovereign, for the occasion.

Royal Sovereign transported the late queen from Paddington Station to Windsor.

Materials:
dried immortelles
Object Number:
1986-8330/4
type:
component
Fragments of the silk lining from wreath headboard used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.

Lining Fragments from Queen Victoria's Funeral Train Wreath Headboard

Fragments of the silk lining from wreath headboard used on locomotive hauling Queen Victoria's funeral train.

More

The wreath, made up of white everlasting flowers (immortelles) and bound by purple ribbon and black bow, was hung at the front of the Great Western locomotive Atbara, renamed Royal Sovereign, for the occasion.

Royal Sovereign transported the late queen from Paddington Station to Windsor.

Materials:
silk crepeline
Object Number:
1986-8330/5
type:
component

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