Tandem cart from the Regency period, 1800-1830, model (scale 1:12)

This model shows a type of gig used at the beginning of last century. It is of light structure, has two wheels and was drawn by two horses. There is a very high seat for the driver and another person, upon the top of the body above the axle.

Dr. Edgeworth spoke with horror of the heights to which carriages were being built in 1817, and the law had in fact limited the height of coaches. One particular gig of this type was appropriately named the "Suicide". Dog carts and Tandem Gigs had usually Venetian slats on the sides of the boots in which were carried greyhounds or pointers.

This model gig has two wheels with a high body which served a boot or luggage box. The body rests on two elliptical springs fixed to the axle. There is a candle lamp on each side and the front panel acted as a door to the boot.