#318

German Tin Lithographed Toys including Three Mechanical Beetles by Lehmann
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5" (13 cm.) l. beetles. Each of the beetles is of brightly colored lithographed designs, (each different) with well-defined fantastical features. When coil-spring wound, the beetles move quickly along, forward and up and down, moving legs in realistic manner and with flapping wings. Marked Lehman except one having the earlier Adam mark (acquired by Lehmann in 1898). Comments: Lehnmann EPL model 451, circa 1900. Also included are three smaller beetles with wheeled bases allowing animated movement of legs. Provenance: Legoland Museum.