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Description
5" (13 cm.) Lithographed tin figures of Maggie and Jiggs from the 1913 comic strip series of
George McManus,are posed on tin wheeled platforms that are connected to each other by a
flexible tin strip. Jiggs holds his cane and Maggie holds her rolling pin,while her little dog is at
her side. When wound,the toy moves in eccentric ways,the tin strip offers "bounce" and gives the
illusion of a rowdy fight between the two. Condition: generally excellent,functions well,lithograph
is beautifully created and preserved. Comments: Germany,Einfalt,circa 1920s,an imaginative toy
whose action complements the cartoon activities of the good-times Jiggs and his socially-proper
wife Maggie.