Prices and weights for the best make phaetons showed a wide variety, depending upon which type was purchased. The schedule below was published by James A. Garland about 1900 (_The Private Stable_): Type of Phaeton Price Weight in Pounds Basket (single) $400 350 Basket (pair-horse) 750 700 Ladies’ 1150 800 Mail 1450 1200 Spider 1150 800 Light and airy in appearance, this basket phaeton was used by its owner as a summertime vehicle. It was built by the Hume Carriage Company of Amesbury, Massachusetts. _Gift of Mr. Arthur Brown, Tilton, New Hampshire._ [Illustration] MINIATURE PHAETON _Canework body painted black; wheels black with red striping. Trimmed in black leather._ This little phaeton was made especially in a miniature size for Tom Thumb of Bridgeport, Connecticut. P. T. Barnum first heard of the perfectly-formed twenty-four inch sixteen pound child in 1842. He secured his services for $3 per week and exhibited him at his New York Museum. The child was exceptionally bright and Barnum undertook his education, hiring a tutor and a French professor for him. Tom Thumb with his parents, Barnum and the complete entourage sailed in 1844 for Europe and the first of a number of prosperous tours. He became the favorite of Continental royalty, as well as a pet at Buckingham Palace. In 1862 Barnum contracted for the services of the perfectly formed dwarf girl, Lavinia Warren, of Massachusetts, and the love marriage of these two tiny people captured the romantic attention of every American. Tom Thumb died when he was 45 years old--still tiny in height, but by then a portly 70 pounds in weight. [Illustration] CURRICLE _Body painted dark green; gear green. Trimmed in tan broadcloth._ James W. Burgess in 1881 in his treatise on _Coach Building_ pointed out that in the last years of the 17th and in the early years of the 18th century “a vehicle much in fashion was the curricle, which had been in use for some time in Italy where it was suspended from leather braces. Springs were added by the French ... the English altered the shape, giving the back a graceful ogee curve, improved the hood and added a spring bar across the horses’ backs. It was a vehicle of easy draught, and could be driven at great speed. Unfortunately it was rather dangerous if the horses shied or stumbled, and this tended to reduce the demand for it, although Charles Dickens used one as soon as he could afford it, and Count D’Orsay had one made as late as 1836.” This curricle, an extremely rare type of carriage, was built by Brewster and Company of New York just before the turn of the 20th century. [Illustration] CHAISE