Clockwork toy
Lehmann
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Tin plate
Measurements
113 mm (length); 70 mm (width); 115 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
National Trust Museum of Childhood (Accredited Museum)
NT 665018
Summary
A tin plate clockwork black clown, driving a metal tricar. The clown has painted facial features including a red nose. He is wearing blue and white striped trousers, a blue and white spotted shirt, a red waistcoat and a black hat. The tricar is red and yellow with two large yellow and green rear wheels and one small black and green front. The steering wheel is gold coloured. A key (attached to the clockwork mechanism underneath) protrudes from the left-hand side of the tricar as you look at it from the front. At the base of the steering wheel is written '775'.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of the tricar: 'LEHMANN/D.R.PATENT. D.R.G.M.ENGL.PATENT.U.S.A.PATD. 25.JAN.27/D.R.PATENT.ANG.ENGL.PATENT. + U.S.A. PATENT PENDING/MADE IN GERMANY.'
Makers and roles
Lehmann, maker