A particularly fine and unusually complete pre-war Meccano L...
A particularly fine and unusually complete pre-war Meccano Ltd., Hornby Speed Boat No. 5 'Viking' – large clockwork tinplate cabin cruiser, with original box, key, instructions and accessories, English, circa 1934–36, large pressed and formed tinplate hull is finished in deep gloss blue with cream-painted deck and superstructure, picked out with red and blue lining, the port bow prominently lettered 'VIKING' in gilt, the cabin sides incorporate four circular portholes with red surrounds, beneath a cream roof edged in blue and fitted with metal roof rails, the open after cockpit with red detail, black four-spoke steering wheel and surrounding cream deck, a tall cream-painted mast rises forward of the cabin, fitting into its tubular red band, rigging fittings and associated original rigging, to the stern is the characteristic externally mounted propeller and large adjustable rudder, driven by the substantial internal spring-powered clockwork mechanism, the mechanism is presently functional, the deck retains the original printed maker's label reading 'HORNBY SPEEDBOAT – MANUFACTURED BY MECCANO LTD LIVERPOOL', approximately 450 mm long × 90 mm wide, excluding mast and projecting rudder where applicable, original patterned card box is likewise labelled 'HORNBY SPEED BOAT No. 5 "VIKING" – Made in England', accompanied by an unusually comprehensive group of original accessories and ephemera, comprising the original Hornby winding key with 'KEY' envelope, Hornby pennant, mast and rigging fittings, operating instructions for Hornby Speed Boats Nos. 3, 4 and 5, and the separate Hornby Speed Boats promotional leaflet.* Literature: Hornby's range of enamelled metal clockwork speedboats began in 1932. The Brighton Toy and Model Museum records the subsequent pre-war range as including the No. 5 'Viking' Cabin Cruiser, and illustrates the Viking from 1935 material; the series remained in production until the outbreak of the Second World War. Contemporary and later auction cataloguing also identifies the Viking as the No. 5 model, with Christie's having dated surviving examples to the early-to-mid 1930s.
[ translate ]A particularly fine and unusually complete pre-war Meccano Ltd., Hornby Speed Boat No. 5 'Viking' – large clockwork tinplate cabin cruiser, with original box, key, instructions and accessories, English, circa 1934–36, large pressed and formed tinplate hull is finished in deep gloss blue with cream-painted deck and superstructure, picked out with red and blue lining, the port bow prominently lettered 'VIKING' in gilt, the cabin sides incorporate four circular portholes with red surrounds, beneath a cream roof edged in blue and fitted with metal roof rails, the open after cockpit with red detail, black four-spoke steering wheel and surrounding cream deck, a tall cream-painted mast rises forward of the cabin, fitting into its tubular red band, rigging fittings and associated original rigging, to the stern is the characteristic externally mounted propeller and large adjustable rudder, driven by the substantial internal spring-powered clockwork mechanism, the mechanism is presently functional, the deck retains the original printed maker's label reading 'HORNBY SPEEDBOAT – MANUFACTURED BY MECCANO LTD LIVERPOOL', approximately 450 mm long × 90 mm wide, excluding mast and projecting rudder where applicable, original patterned card box is likewise labelled 'HORNBY SPEED BOAT No. 5 "VIKING" – Made in England', accompanied by an unusually comprehensive group of original accessories and ephemera, comprising the original Hornby winding key with 'KEY' envelope, Hornby pennant, mast and rigging fittings, operating instructions for Hornby Speed Boats Nos. 3, 4 and 5, and the separate Hornby Speed Boats promotional leaflet.* Literature: Hornby's range of enamelled metal clockwork speedboats began in 1932. The Brighton Toy and Model Museum records the subsequent pre-war range as including the No. 5 'Viking' Cabin Cruiser, and illustrates the Viking from 1935 material; the series remained in production until the outbreak of the Second World War. Contemporary and later auction cataloguing also identifies the Viking as the No. 5 model, with Christie's having dated surviving examples to the early-to-mid 1930s.
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