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Description
10" (25 cm.) Holding the handles of an early
wooden garden wheel-barrow with metal spoke wheel
and dove-tailed jointing is a paper-mache man with
swivel head,painted hair and moustache,carton
padded torso,wooden legs with painted
shoes,wearing his original silk costume with
hinge-attached cap that presumably bobs up and
down as he moves along. Seated on the wheelbarrow
is a miniature version of the same man,presumably
a child,yet also having a moustache. When
keywound,the man moves his legs
alternately,pushing the wheel-barrow forward.
French,circa 1850,maker unknown. The mechanism is
contained within the man's torso.