HESSMOBIL
Clockwork Car
about 1910
about 1910
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
tinplate car in the shape of an open tourer
lithographed red with black running board and black and cream details
constructed with tongue and slot; driver also red and black has hands pinned to the steering wheel and bottom slotted into the seat
operated through reduction gears by a flywheel, large turning handle protrudes from the front
lithographed red with black running board and black and cream details
constructed with tongue and slot; driver also red and black has hands pinned to the steering wheel and bottom slotted into the seat
operated through reduction gears by a flywheel, large turning handle protrudes from the front
Object details
| Object type | |
| Title | HESSMOBIL (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | tinplate |
| Brief description | Tinplate Hessmobil car made in Germany by Matthew Hesz of Nuremberg about 1910 |
| Physical description | tinplate car in the shape of an open tourer lithographed red with black running board and black and cream details constructed with tongue and slot; driver also red and black has hands pinned to the steering wheel and bottom slotted into the seat operated through reduction gears by a flywheel, large turning handle protrudes from the front |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Copy number | 1020 |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Credit line | Given by Susan Heads on behalf of Edna Lewington (deceased) |
| Object history | The manufacturer's name is sometimes written as Hesz. |
| Production | Johann Leonard Hess, Nürnberg Reason For Production: retail |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.242-1999 |
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| Record created | February 10, 2000 |
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