Clockwork toy
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1928
Materials
Tinplate
Measurements
120 mm (width); 78 mm (height); 239 mm (length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659996
Summary
Tin plate clockwork racing car and driver, No. 44. Red with yellow details and blue-grey revolving wheels. Driver also wearing red. A metal rod with a hook at the end protrudes from the rear right wheel (as you look at the front of the car). The other end is attached to the clockwork mechanism underneath the car. The rear of the car tapers to a narrow blunt end.