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Description
18" (46 cm.) Standing upon a zinc-lined wooden
base with faux stone and brick finish,decorated
with a cast brass medallion of woman's head
centered by two cherubs,is a paper-mache lady with
original shaped muslin body,wearing antique
costume,apron and lace cap. She stands alongside a
tin pump with turning handle and internal pulley
that connects to the water reservoir below.
Movement. When the pump handle is turned,it causes
water to arise from the reservoir below,pouring
into both containers that are attached.
French,circa 1840,an early and rare toy likely
designed to teach the rudimentary principles of
locomotion,well preserved with some fading of
original paint,missing bracket at top of pump.