Vébé Clockwork Delivery Tricycle with Driver, France, circa ...
Vébé Clockwork Delivery Tricycle with Driver, France, circa 1930s–1940s, a charming French clockwork tinplate delivery tricycle by Vébé, the successor firm to Victor Bonnet/Fernand Martin, of compact three-wheeled delivery-cart form, the toy comprises a rectangular open green-painted cargo box carried on two rear wheels, with a single front wheel and black-painted cycle frame, a separately formed articulated deliveryman is seated astride the machine, wearing a dark green cap and tunic with blue-painted articulated arms and pale trousers, his hands positioned against the front of the cargo box, vehicle is fitted with a spring-driven clockwork mechanism operated by its integral side key, when wound, the mechanism propels the tricycle forwards, with the rider's articulated limbs contributing to the animated action, cargo box retains the stamped Vébé/V.B. maker's mark, while the plain painted tinplate construction and articulated driver are characteristic of French mechanical toy production of the inter-war and immediate post-war period, approximately 150 mm.
[ translate ]Vébé Clockwork Delivery Tricycle with Driver, France, circa 1930s–1940s, a charming French clockwork tinplate delivery tricycle by Vébé, the successor firm to Victor Bonnet/Fernand Martin, of compact three-wheeled delivery-cart form, the toy comprises a rectangular open green-painted cargo box carried on two rear wheels, with a single front wheel and black-painted cycle frame, a separately formed articulated deliveryman is seated astride the machine, wearing a dark green cap and tunic with blue-painted articulated arms and pale trousers, his hands positioned against the front of the cargo box, vehicle is fitted with a spring-driven clockwork mechanism operated by its integral side key, when wound, the mechanism propels the tricycle forwards, with the rider's articulated limbs contributing to the animated action, cargo box retains the stamped Vébé/V.B. maker's mark, while the plain painted tinplate construction and articulated driver are characteristic of French mechanical toy production of the inter-war and immediate post-war period, approximately 150 mm.
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