MÜLLER & KADEDER (attributed), Nuremberg, Germany, circa 190...
MÜLLER & KADEDER (attributed), Nuremberg, Germany, circa 1909–12 - A rare hand-painted tinplate aeronautical carousel / flying-machine roundabout, an early German mechanical aviation toy, constructed around a tall tapering red-painted openwork tower supporting a central revolving spindle and radial wire suspension frame, from which are suspended three differing representations of pioneering flying machines, including early biplane and monoplane/airship-derived forms, each fitted with painted pilot figures and multi-bladed propellers, the various aircraft retain much of their original cream, grey and coloured painted decoration, the central mechanism is operated by a side hand crank through exposed gearing, causing the suspended aircraft to revolve around the tower, approximately 220 mm overall width × 340 mm high.* Literature: The form belongs to the celebrated group of aeronautical movement toys produced by Müller & Kadeder in Nuremberg during the years immediately preceding the First World War, when powered flight and Zeppelin aviation provided particularly novel subjects for mechanical toys. Comparable Müller & Kadeder aeronautical carousels are documented from about 1909.
[ translate ]MÜLLER & KADEDER (attributed), Nuremberg, Germany, circa 1909–12 - A rare hand-painted tinplate aeronautical carousel / flying-machine roundabout, an early German mechanical aviation toy, constructed around a tall tapering red-painted openwork tower supporting a central revolving spindle and radial wire suspension frame, from which are suspended three differing representations of pioneering flying machines, including early biplane and monoplane/airship-derived forms, each fitted with painted pilot figures and multi-bladed propellers, the various aircraft retain much of their original cream, grey and coloured painted decoration, the central mechanism is operated by a side hand crank through exposed gearing, causing the suspended aircraft to revolve around the tower, approximately 220 mm overall width × 340 mm high.* Literature: The form belongs to the celebrated group of aeronautical movement toys produced by Müller & Kadeder in Nuremberg during the years immediately preceding the First World War, when powered flight and Zeppelin aviation provided particularly novel subjects for mechanical toys. Comparable Müller & Kadeder aeronautical carousels are documented from about 1909.
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