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Description
10" (25 cm.) A wooden platform with paint-grained
paper finish contains within a flywheel mechanical
movement which is activated by winding at the side
of the platform. Posed upon the platform is a
wooden and tin figure of a man with green painted
suit and top-hat,sculpted hair and
goatee,loosely-jointed tin arms and legs designed
to freely move and "dance" about when the
mechanism is wound. Condition: structurally
excellent,original finish albeit the finish on the
box is quite worn,painting of man and costume
excellent,functions well. Marks: No.143082 Wm
A.P.LaPlante,Automatic Toy Dancer,Patented
Sept.23,1873 (original patent office label) (a
second patent office label indicates the patent
was re-issued on Jan"y 25,1876,and a third
document indicates the patent was assigned to
Ives,Blakeslee and offers drawings and
instructions). Value Points: rare original patent
model with intact documents,original finish.