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Clockwork Locomotive

ca. 1920 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'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.

Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Height: 155mm
  • Width: 100mm
  • Depth: 320mm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'FRANCE' (Printed on side of engine)
  • 'CR' (Printed on side of engine)
  • '4000' (Printed on side of engine)
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
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
MISC.488-1981

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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