Social History — 1905
Mechanical toy monkeys
Mechanical lithographed tinplate toy monkeys with spring lever action. Two lithographed monkeys on a cream base wearing black boots, pink and yellow jackets and pink caps; holding a ball in their right hand and thumbing their noses with the left. When the central lever on the base is sprung both chimps move back and forth. Purchased for one penny (1d) from a London street trader on 2nd December 1905.
- Category:
- Social History
- Object ID:
- 80.525/921
- Object name:
- mechanical toy monkeys
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Meier, Johann Philipp
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- Production date:
- 1905
- Material:
tinplate
- Measurements/duration:
- H 93 mm, W 70 mm, D 23 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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