E.P. Lehmann No. 230 "Gustav the Miller" Climbing Windmill T...
E.P. Lehmann No. 230 "Gustav the Miller" Climbing Windmill Toy, Germany, circa 1920s–1930s, German mechanical novelty toy by Ernst Paul Lehmann, comprising a tall green-painted tubular mast mounted on a red folding tinplate base, surmounted by a miniature windmill with cylindrical silver-coloured body, green roof and red metal sails, suspended from the mast is the articulated lithographed tinplate figure of Gustav the Miller, dressed in white work clothes with red cap the figure is attached to the string-operated weight mechanism and is designed to travel vertically up and down the pole, creating the illusion that the miller is climbing towards the windmill, the climbing action is gravity-operated: movement of the counterweight causes Gustav to ascend the pole and descend again, approximately 420 mm.
[ translate ]E.P. Lehmann No. 230 "Gustav the Miller" Climbing Windmill Toy, Germany, circa 1920s–1930s, German mechanical novelty toy by Ernst Paul Lehmann, comprising a tall green-painted tubular mast mounted on a red folding tinplate base, surmounted by a miniature windmill with cylindrical silver-coloured body, green roof and red metal sails, suspended from the mast is the articulated lithographed tinplate figure of Gustav the Miller, dressed in white work clothes with red cap the figure is attached to the string-operated weight mechanism and is designed to travel vertically up and down the pole, creating the illusion that the miller is climbing towards the windmill, the climbing action is gravity-operated: movement of the counterweight causes Gustav to ascend the pole and descend again, approximately 420 mm.
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