Tricycle
Lines Brothers
Category
Toys
Date
1950
Materials
Metal and rubber
Measurements
930 mm (length); 495 mm (width); 715 mm (height)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670673
Summary
A child's Triang tricycle painted red with one white painted metal mudguard on the front wheel. The tyres are made of black solid rubber. The black rubber saddle bears the name 'Dunlop' impressed on both sides. The handlebars have worn pink rubber handgrips, and have been painted with aluminium paint, presumably to replace worn chromium plate. There is a rod-operated brake acting on the front wheel, a front lamp bracket, and an embossed metal Tri-ang badge, also painted with aluminium paint. There is a red painted metal chain guard. The metal pedals have black rubber foot pads. The whole tricycle is worn with patches of bare rusty metal showing through the paint. A blue and white plastic label bearing the words 'Mobiland Universal' is fastened to the lamp bracket with a split ring.
Marks and inscriptions
On the badge at the front: 'L.BROS/ LONDON/ ENGLAND/ REGISTERED MARK/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ TRI-ANG'
Makers and roles
Lines Brothers, maker