#843

German Tin Toy "Tap Tap" with Green Cart by Lehmann
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6" (15 cm.) A tin delivery man with blue jacket, cream cap and pants, black painted stockings and shoes is pushing a two-wheeled lithographed delivery cart with white interior. When coil-spring wound, the wheels rapidly turn, causing the man to walk forward, legs alternately moving, nodding his head. Excellent condition, functions well. Marked Lehmann with EPL number but no patent date. Comments: Lehmann's EPL model 860, circa 1920, the toy represented the popular street vendor of the early 20th century.