Horse and Indian
1970s (made)
The horse and rider are of lithographed tinplate cast in two halves along the length and held by tongue and slot joints and crimped edges. The rider and the horse's legs are separately attached. The horse is cream and brown piebald with red; yellow; white; blue and black trim. The ears are of cream rubber and the reins a yellow thread. The rider represents an indian and is tan with blue; green; red; yellow and black. The integral key is under the body of the horse which houses the clockwork mechanism. When wound the horse springs up and down and tosses the rider about.
*HAJI in a lozenge shape with MADE IN JAPAN printed on the left top of the saddle. Mansei Toys was established in 1951.
*This is a later version of B193-1994.
*HAJI in a lozenge shape with MADE IN JAPAN printed on the left top of the saddle. Mansei Toys was established in 1951.
*This is a later version of B193-1994.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | lithographed tinplate with a metal clockwork mechanism |
| Brief description | Horse and Rider; Japanese; 1970s |
| Physical description | The horse and rider are of lithographed tinplate cast in two halves along the length and held by tongue and slot joints and crimped edges. The rider and the horse's legs are separately attached. The horse is cream and brown piebald with red; yellow; white; blue and black trim. The ears are of cream rubber and the reins a yellow thread. The rider represents an indian and is tan with blue; green; red; yellow and black. The integral key is under the body of the horse which houses the clockwork mechanism. When wound the horse springs up and down and tosses the rider about. *HAJI in a lozenge shape with MADE IN JAPAN printed on the left top of the saddle. Mansei Toys was established in 1951. *This is a later version of B193-1994. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | HAJI in a lozenge shape and MADE IN JAPAN |
| Production | Made by: Mansei Toys; Tokyo Japan |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.194-1994 |
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| Record created | April 17, 2000 |
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