A charming German painted and lithographed tinplate carousel...
A charming German painted and lithographed tinplate carousel steam-engine accessory, by Bing, Nuremberg, catalogue reference 10/294, dating from the late 1920s, of cylindrical form, the cream-painted tinplate base pierced around its circumference with a repeating geometric ventilation pattern and shaded in blue around the lower edge, supporting a circular revolving platform beneath a domed pavilion canopy, the canopy is similarly finished in cream and pale blue, with a scalloped airbrushed valance and gilt-line decoration, and is surmounted by its slender pole and shaped tinplate pennant, the revolving platform carries three characteristic fairground subjects, a galloping horse and rider; an ostrich with seated rider; and a decorative wheeled carriage occupied by two passengers, the figures and vehicles formed from finely lithographed tinplate and retaining attractive period colour, approximately 140 mm diameter × 280 mm overall height including flag.* Literature: A substantially identical Bing example is recorded by Christie's under catalogue reference 10/294, described with the same horse, carriage and ostrich arrangement, pierced base and shaped canopy.
[ translate ]A charming German painted and lithographed tinplate carousel steam-engine accessory, by Bing, Nuremberg, catalogue reference 10/294, dating from the late 1920s, of cylindrical form, the cream-painted tinplate base pierced around its circumference with a repeating geometric ventilation pattern and shaded in blue around the lower edge, supporting a circular revolving platform beneath a domed pavilion canopy, the canopy is similarly finished in cream and pale blue, with a scalloped airbrushed valance and gilt-line decoration, and is surmounted by its slender pole and shaped tinplate pennant, the revolving platform carries three characteristic fairground subjects, a galloping horse and rider; an ostrich with seated rider; and a decorative wheeled carriage occupied by two passengers, the figures and vehicles formed from finely lithographed tinplate and retaining attractive period colour, approximately 140 mm diameter × 280 mm overall height including flag.* Literature: A substantially identical Bing example is recorded by Christie's under catalogue reference 10/294, described with the same horse, carriage and ostrich arrangement, pierced base and shaped canopy.
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