Clockwork toy
Lehmann
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1925
Materials
Tin plate
Measurements
160 mm (length); 133 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665021
Summary
A tin plate clockwork cockerel with red and green feathers. It is pulling a red, egg-shaped cart which is supported on two red spoked wheels. On top of the egg is a hare sitting on its hind legs with its front paws raised. On its back is an open red and yellow container. Two long black handles attach the egg-shaped cart to the cockerel. A key (attached to the clockwork mechanism both inside and underneath the cart) protrudes from the left side of the egg as you are looking at it from the front.
Marks and inscriptions
On the container on the hare's back: 'MADE IN GERMANY/ MARKE LEHMANN/ D.R.G.M. D.R. PATENT' On the egg-shaped cart: 'DUO 722' Underside of the cart: 'MARKE/ LEHMANN/ D.R. PATENT/ D.R.G.M./ GERMANY'
Makers and roles
Lehmann, maker