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Description: | Wind-up shaped metal toy of clown, holding an open umbrella (1). The clockwork mechanism (2) and twirling bow-tie (3) are separate. There is also a small cylinder of yellow & red striped metal (4). The clown is wearing striped trousers, shirt, tie, waistcoat and hat, painted red, yellow and blue on one side. The tabs on the sides of the head and figure, the unpainted & corroded inverse, and piece of mechanism, indicate that this is only half of the figure. The umbrella has a geometric design in red, yellow and light blue on one side, with a folded lip over onto a grey painted inverse side. A bent & corroded metal rod runs through central holes in clown and umbrella and is attached to some of the mechanism (cog and half bracket). The separate twirling bowtie is painted blue on one side and is completely corroded on the other. It is attached, through a central hole, to a skewer-like rod in twisted metal (also corroded). The mechanism consists of 4 cogs & wheels of different sizes attached to a spring and spindle and within a bracket.
Accession number: NAS 2277 | Subjects: | toys | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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