Toy pump
Doll et Cie
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1915
Materials
Metal
Measurements
135 mm (length); 70 mm (width); 155 mm (height)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665147
Summary
A metal model water pump consisting of a central cylinder with two downward turned pipes branching to left and right. The top of the cylinder broadens out to form a bowl. Inside the bowl and cylinder is a horizontal and vertical rod which acts as a pump when the power take off wheel (fly wheel attached to the horizontal rod) revolves. The cylinder stands inside a hollowed out metal trough, painted to imitate a log. The inside is painted blue. The log rests on a rectangular brown and green base.
Marks and inscriptions
One end of the trough, inside a red and green oval: 'DC/ MADE IN GERMANY'
Makers and roles
Doll et Cie , maker