An extremely rare and scarce boxed Charles Rossignol (C.R.),...
An extremely rare and scarce boxed Charles Rossignol (C.R.), "Ballon Dirigeable / The Steering Balloon", France, c.1886, tinplate construction, the two torpedo shaped balloons in red and blue, approximately 125mm long, held aloft by fourteen wire rods above gilt basket weave boat shaped baskets, each with propellers to the rear, the clockwork base in dark blue rock or cloud form, stamped with maker's mark & FRANCE, from here you clip together wire stems and attach to underside of baskets, the illustrated box marked 'C.R. Brevete sous le No 213 174 S.G.D.G.' depicting balloon in flight with onlookers, based on the La France dirigible airship of August 1884, the inner box lid with original paste-down instructions for the setting of the toy.* Provenance: Purchased directly from David Pressland, handwritten attribution, stating that it is the earliest aeronautical toy he knows.** Toy having huge significance, being the earliest aeronautical toy ever seen by David Pressland and with original box and complete.
[ translate ]An extremely rare and scarce boxed Charles Rossignol (C.R.), "Ballon Dirigeable / The Steering Balloon", France, c.1886, tinplate construction, the two torpedo shaped balloons in red and blue, approximately 125mm long, held aloft by fourteen wire rods above gilt basket weave boat shaped baskets, each with propellers to the rear, the clockwork base in dark blue rock or cloud form, stamped with maker's mark & FRANCE, from here you clip together wire stems and attach to underside of baskets, the illustrated box marked 'C.R. Brevete sous le No 213 174 S.G.D.G.' depicting balloon in flight with onlookers, based on the La France dirigible airship of August 1884, the inner box lid with original paste-down instructions for the setting of the toy.* Provenance: Purchased directly from David Pressland, handwritten attribution, stating that it is the earliest aeronautical toy he knows.** Toy having huge significance, being the earliest aeronautical toy ever seen by David Pressland and with original box and complete.
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