Mechanical Toy Carousel, 1900-1915
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Artifact Overview
Toy makers have long experimented with ways that toys could simulate human and other real-life action. Different mechanisms could motivate dolls, engines, cars, boats, and other novelty toys, producing amazing and eccentric variations of speed and direction. A clockwork mechanism concealed in the base causes the carousel, airplane, hot air balloon, and dirigible to revolve.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Mechanical toy
Date Made
1900-1915
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
89.193.345
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Tin (Metal)
Color
Green
Gray (Color)
Gold (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 10.75 in
Width: 6.5 in
Length: 6.5 in
Inscriptions
bottom of each hanging toy:
GES. GESH.
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