Toy Car

1930-1939 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Open Tourer, 4 seaters with passengers. Made of pressed mild steel, painted, with rubber tyres and die cast lead people. It is a clockwork car with a key. The car has a green body with white hood and the rest metal with some rusting. In the front is a girl in a yellow dress with white collar and a chauffeur in a green uniform. In the back is a man in a dark blue suit and a hat, white shirt front and red tie and a woman in a blue dress with white trim and hat.

Object details

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Materials and techniques
Brief description
Open Tourer four-seater car with passengers, steel, pressed, England, Lines Bros. Ltd., ca. 1930s
Physical description
Open Tourer, 4 seaters with passengers. Made of pressed mild steel, painted, with rubber tyres and die cast lead people. It is a clockwork car with a key. The car has a green body with white hood and the rest metal with some rusting. In the front is a girl in a yellow dress with white collar and a chauffeur in a green uniform. In the back is a man in a dark blue suit and a hat, white shirt front and red tie and a woman in a blue dress with white trim and hat.
Dimensions
  • Height: 45mm
  • Width: 55mm
  • Depth: 125mm
Marks and inscriptions
'TRI-ANG Minic Toys Made in England'
Object history
Purchased from Ian Grant in 1979. [79/1684]
Collection
Accession number
MISC.164-1979

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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