Clockwork Locomotive
ca. 1920 (manufactured)
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'Floor runner' clockwork locomotive, pressed tinplate, green with a yellow printed design of pistons and other engine parts and a grey open topped chimney at the front. In the open driver's compartment is a black and white printed design of the controls. The roof of the compartment is missing. It has two pierced viewing holes. In the top centre of the engine is a funnel. The train has three sets of wheels, joined together. The base part of the engine is black. The engine is slotted together. Inside is a clockwork mechanism which has a large toothed wheel interacting with a pronged nut on an axle. This is attached to the two central wheels which are in turn attached by a bar to the wheels either side of them. The key is missing.
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Materials and techniques | Pressed printed tinplate |
Brief description | Locomotive, clockwork; tinplate, Charles Rossignol, France, ca. 1920 |
Physical description | 'Floor runner' clockwork locomotive, pressed tinplate, green with a yellow printed design of pistons and other engine parts and a grey open topped chimney at the front. In the open driver's compartment is a black and white printed design of the controls. The roof of the compartment is missing. It has two pierced viewing holes. In the top centre of the engine is a funnel. The train has three sets of wheels, joined together. The base part of the engine is black. The engine is slotted together. Inside is a clockwork mechanism which has a large toothed wheel interacting with a pronged nut on an axle. This is attached to the two central wheels which are in turn attached by a bar to the wheels either side of them. The key is missing. |
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Production type | Mass produced |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs. B. Robinson |
Object history | Gifted in 1981 [81/1708] by Mrs. B. Robinson. This engine was owned by the donor's husband. |
Production | Several variants of this model were available from 1903-1920s |
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Accession number | MISC.488-1981 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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