Social History — 1906
Mechanical toy bird cage
Mechanical lithographed tinplate toy canary cage with spring lever action. Lithographed red, blue and yellow containing a yellow canary. When the gold lever on the base is pushed, the canary pecks forward. Stamped with maker's dogcart trademark. Purchased for one penny (1d) from a London street trader on 29th February 1906.
- Category:
- Social History
- Object ID:
- 80.525/918
- Object name:
- mechanical toy bird cage
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Meier, Johann Philipp
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- Production date:
- 1906
- Material:
tin, paint
- Measurements/duration:
- H 78 mm, W 50 mm, D 32 mm
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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