#459

German Painted Tin Mechanical Singing Frog by Gunthermann
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8" (20 cm.) Painted tin figure of a standing frog with painted red jacket and yellow suit,green webbed feet and hands,green head with loosely-hinged jaw and painted yellow eyes,is posed holding a paper,supposedly sheet music. When wound,his jaw rapidly opens and closes as though singing. Original painted finish with some paint wear,mechanism functions well. Germany,Gunthermann,early 20th century.