Clockwork toy
Gunthermann
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1902
Materials
Tinplate
Measurements
190 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
National Trust Museum of Childhood (Accredited Museum)
NT 659933
Summary
Tinplate clockwork ball boy, with painted facial features and hair. Wearing a grey suit, red stockings and black boots. Each arm pivots at the shoulder and attached to each hand is a cream-yellow ball. The key (attached to the clockwork mechanism inside the boy) protudes from his left side.
Makers and roles
Gunthermann , maker