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Description
14"(36 cm.) overall. 11"man. 12àl. Standing upon a
wooden platform with spoke wheels and simple
mechanical arrangement hidden below,is a bisque
head man with brown sculpted hair and
beard,painted brown outlined eyes,accented
nostrils,painted lashes and brows,closed mouth
with center accent line,block torso,wire upper
arms and legs,wooden lower limbs,painted
boots,original costume of silk faille and velvet.
The man is attached to the base by a metal rod and
holds the leashes to two paper mache hunting dogs
which are also posed on metal rods. When the toy
is pulled along,the man nods his head up and down
as though calling the dogs,tugs at their
leashes,and the dogs jump up and down in an eager
manner. Condition: generally excellent. Comments:
French,circa 1870,the maker remains unknown of
this series of uniquely made mechanical pull
toys,this example being a very early example.
Value Points: outstanding sculpting and rarity of
the model of the gentleman enhance the mechanical
toy which is,in itself,also very rare.