A rare and unusually large early 20th-century German painted...
A rare and unusually large early 20th-century German painted tinplate Ferris wheel steam-engine accessory or drive model, Ernst Plank manufacture, circa 1900–1914, the substantial model constructed upon a square pressed-tin base, painted pale yellow with a stippled green border, supporting a tall cream-painted pierced lattice tower with angled bracing and a pitched, corrugated-metal pavilion roof, the large revolving wheel is formed from six broad pressed-tin radial arms, each decorated with rows of embossed simulated rivets and contained within circular wire rims, suspended from the extremities are six freely hanging gondolas, alternately painted in pale blue and cream/yellow, each decorated with restrained red line ornament and circular red medallions, the gondolas retain a complement of twelve painted composition passengers, two to each car, including male and female figures in varied period costume and headwear, the central tower incorporates a decorative miniature lamps with green-painted metal shade and glass globe, above, the corrugated pavilion roof is surmounted by an ornamental crest and a pair of opposed painted tinplate tricolour flags, the wheel is operated through a substantial side-mounted spoked flywheel fitted with a turned hand grip, turning the crank rotates the main wheel whilst the freely suspended passenger gondolas remain upright as they travel around the circumference. the model belongs to the class of elaborate fairground accessories intended for use alongside contemporary model stationary steam engines, whilst also permitting independent demonstration by hand, base approximately 185 × 185 mm; overall width approximately 380 mm; overall height approximately 500 mm.* Literature: Ernst Plank, Nuremberg, Germany, bearing the embossed EP trademark to the base.
[ translate ]A rare and unusually large early 20th-century German painted tinplate Ferris wheel steam-engine accessory or drive model, Ernst Plank manufacture, circa 1900–1914, the substantial model constructed upon a square pressed-tin base, painted pale yellow with a stippled green border, supporting a tall cream-painted pierced lattice tower with angled bracing and a pitched, corrugated-metal pavilion roof, the large revolving wheel is formed from six broad pressed-tin radial arms, each decorated with rows of embossed simulated rivets and contained within circular wire rims, suspended from the extremities are six freely hanging gondolas, alternately painted in pale blue and cream/yellow, each decorated with restrained red line ornament and circular red medallions, the gondolas retain a complement of twelve painted composition passengers, two to each car, including male and female figures in varied period costume and headwear, the central tower incorporates a decorative miniature lamps with green-painted metal shade and glass globe, above, the corrugated pavilion roof is surmounted by an ornamental crest and a pair of opposed painted tinplate tricolour flags, the wheel is operated through a substantial side-mounted spoked flywheel fitted with a turned hand grip, turning the crank rotates the main wheel whilst the freely suspended passenger gondolas remain upright as they travel around the circumference. the model belongs to the class of elaborate fairground accessories intended for use alongside contemporary model stationary steam engines, whilst also permitting independent demonstration by hand, base approximately 185 × 185 mm; overall width approximately 380 mm; overall height approximately 500 mm.* Literature: Ernst Plank, Nuremberg, Germany, bearing the embossed EP trademark to the base.
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