Attributed to Doll & Cie, Nuremberg – German tinplate double...
Attributed to Doll & Cie, Nuremberg – German tinplate double gondola fairground swing steam-engine accessory, circa 1920s–30s, an uncommon pre-war German painted tinplate mechanical fairground toy or Antriebsmodell, attributed to Doll & Cie, Nuremberg, modelled as a double gondola swing ('Doppelschaukel' or 'Schiffschaukel'), the toy is arranged on an oval pressed-tin base finished in faded pink and red with blue lining, supporting an elegant upright framework painted white and pale blue and terminating in an ornate blue crest with black ball finials and a small flag, two opposing open-work tinplate gondolas, one turquoise-blue and the other red, the mechanism incorporates a substantial exposed toothed gear and side-mounted spoked driving wheel, It may be operated manually by the hand crank or driven by belt from a stationary model steam engine, allowing the two gondolas to rise and fall in opposing motioned, are suspended from the articulated arms, painted composition figures, base approximately 145 × 110 mm; overall approximately 230 mm wide × 280 mm high.
[ translate ]Attributed to Doll & Cie, Nuremberg – German tinplate double gondola fairground swing steam-engine accessory, circa 1920s–30s, an uncommon pre-war German painted tinplate mechanical fairground toy or Antriebsmodell, attributed to Doll & Cie, Nuremberg, modelled as a double gondola swing ('Doppelschaukel' or 'Schiffschaukel'), the toy is arranged on an oval pressed-tin base finished in faded pink and red with blue lining, supporting an elegant upright framework painted white and pale blue and terminating in an ornate blue crest with black ball finials and a small flag, two opposing open-work tinplate gondolas, one turquoise-blue and the other red, the mechanism incorporates a substantial exposed toothed gear and side-mounted spoked driving wheel, It may be operated manually by the hand crank or driven by belt from a stationary model steam engine, allowing the two gondolas to rise and fall in opposing motioned, are suspended from the articulated arms, painted composition figures, base approximately 145 × 110 mm; overall approximately 230 mm wide × 280 mm high.
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