Clockwork toy
Lehmann
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1925
Materials
Tinplate
Measurements
78 mm (width); 88 mm (height); 160 mm (length)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
National Trust Museum of Childhood (Accredited Museum)
NT 659998
Summary
Tin plate clockwork taxicab with driver. Yellow body with black roof and black all in one front and rear mud guards and running board. A key near the left hand rear wheel (as you look at the taxicab from the front) operates the clockwork mechanism underneath. Painted on one side of the taxicab is 'PATD USA 12 MAI 1903/ 13 SEPT 1904/ 2 DEC 1913'. On the bonnet, 'D.R.G.M.' and on the other side 'D.R. PATENT D.R.G.M.' On the rear 'MARKE LEHMANN' and 'MADE IN GERMANY 755'. On the tyres 'MARKE LEHMANN MARKE REIFEN - MUSTERSCHUTZ'.
Marks and inscriptions
Side of taxi cab: PATD USA 12 MAI 1903/ 13 SEPT 1904/ 2 DEC 1913. On the bonnet: D.R.G.M On the other side of the bonnet: D.R.PATENT D.R.G.M On the rear: MARKE LEHAMANN. MADE IN GERMAN 755 On the tyres. : MARKE LEHMANN MARKE REIFEN- MUSTERSCHUTZ
Makers and roles
Lehmann, maker