Social History — 1901
Toy motor car
Tinplate toy flywheel drive motor car with chauffeur. The car has embossed lithographed side panels and chauffeur in blue uniform. Four distinctive grey Meier wheels, featuring an unstable hub, are tabbed onto the wheel from the inside out. Marked "Ges Gesch". Purchased for one penny (1d) from a London street trader on 27th April 1901.
- Category:
- Social History
- Object ID:
- 80.525/1462
- Object name:
- toy motor car
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Meier, Johann Phillip
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- Production date:
- 1901
- Material:
tin, paint
- Measurements/duration:
- L 80 mm, H 65 mm, W 40 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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