Steam toy
Doll et Cie
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1915
Materials
Metal
Measurements
360 mm (length); 235 mm (width)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665145
Summary
A copper boiler is mounted on the top of a simulated black bricked metal building with six windows on each side, and an opening at one end. A tall 'red brick' metal chimney rises from the end opposite the opening. There is a pressure gauge on the front of the boiler. Three metal 'valves' sit on top of the boiler and then a steam pipe leads to a metal platform on which sits a piston driven fly wheel which in turn turns two gear wheels which are then attached to a power take off (fly wheel). On the platform, which has a metal rail and a flight of steps to the deck there is a metal stand with two metal round balls underneath a metal cap. The whole stands on a red and grey metal base. Inside the boiler is a rectangular piece of fabric and a metal oblong burner with two wicks and a twisted wire handle.
Marks and inscriptions
Centre of one side of the base, in a black oval: 'DC'
Makers and roles
Doll et Cie , maker