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Description
14" (36 cm.) A wooden base with paint-grained paper finish contains a mechanism and crowing sound that is connected to the feathered rooster that perches atop. The rooster has paper mache form, amber glass eyes, red paper mache comb and hinged beak. When lever at the base is pushed, the rooster crows loudly, opens and closes its beak and proudly raises and lowers his chest in a classic morning wake-up "cock-a-doodle-doo". Excellent condition. Probably French, circa 1880, a rare and well-functioning toy with hidden wheels at base for use as pull toy.