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Time Left
$600
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Description
14" (36 cm.) assembled. An original simple cardboard box unfolds to form into a display for the
toy,having printed scenes of crowds at the race-track; a six-sided tin center-piece is attached to
the roof of the box and forms into a circular framework from which six lithographed-tin jockeys
on horses are suspended. When wound,the horses revolve around. The box is labeled "Corsa dei
Cavalli" by E. Cardini. Excellent condition,some minor box wear. Italian,the Cardini firm created
their wonderful toys which combined fine tin lithographed and imaginative box packaging for
only 6 years,1922-1928.