Late 19th century Maltese Karozzin (horse-drawn taxi carriage), with slightly domed fringed canopy on four iron supports over a pair of facing padded bench seats (to accommodate four passengers in total), the driver’s ratchet-adjustable bench with footboard having twin Maltese Cross emblems to the fascia, between a pair of folding cart shafts, the whole raised on double elliptical suspension with two pairs of iron-bound painted wooden twelve-spoke wheels, 80cm (front) and 100cm (rear) diameter respectively, the hubs stamped A. V., 248cm long with shafts folded up / 375cm fully extended x 143cm wide x 240cm high approx

By repute - imported from Malta in the 1960s and restored by ancestors of the current owner.