Steam toy
Gebrüder Bing
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, wood, glass, paper
Measurements
151 mm (length); 91 mm (width); 230 mm (height)
Place of origin
Bavaria
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660038
Summary
A food mixer or butter churn, driven by steam. The mixer is standing on a wooden base and consists of a metal arm with a turnable handle halfway up. There are two cogs at the very top. The mixer arm is inside a glass tumbler with a metal lid. A label on the base reads 'GB/ N/ BAVARIA' within a diamond.
Marks and inscriptions
Paper label on wooden base: within a diamond: GB/ N/ BAVARIA
Makers and roles
Gebrüder Bing , maker