Clockwork toy
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1900
Materials
Tinplate
Measurements
173 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660009
Summary
Tin plate clockwork maid known as 'Busy Lizzie'. Printed facial features and brown hair in a bun. Wearing a red and white spotted dress and a blue and white apron. Threaded through each hand is the handle of a carpet sweeper with an imitation wood surface. A key (attached to a clockwork mechanism inside her dress) protrudes from her left hand side.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of base: Brit. Pat. appl. for./ BUSY/ LIZZIE/ made in Germany./ D.R.P.A./ U.S. Pat. appl. for.