Clockwork toy
Lehmann
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Tinplate
Measurements
64 mm (width); 65 mm (height); 142 mm (length)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659997
Summary
Tin plate clockwork racing car and driver. Yellow with blue trim, red, white and blue wheels, No.1. The driver wears an orange outfit. The model number is 760. At the rear of the car is written MADE IN GERMANY. On one side is written LEHMANN and on the other GALOP. Beside the rear left wheel on the driver's side is a key attached to the clockwork mechanism underneath the car. Beside the key is written D.R. PATENT/ ENGL. PATENT. On the other side is written PATD. 2. DEC. 1913/ U.S.A 25. JAN. 1927. Written in red on the white wheels 'MARKE LEHMANN MARKE REIFEN MUSTERSCHUTZ'
Marks and inscriptions
Rear of car: MADE IN GERMANY Side of car: LEHMANN Other side of car: GALOP Beside the key : D.R.PATENT/ENGL.PATENT Other side of the above: PATD.2.DEC.1913/U.S.A.JAN.1927. On the white wheels: MARKE LEHMANN MARKE REIFEN MUSTERSCHUTZ
Makers and roles
Lehmann, maker