Object number
2020/39/7/1-2
Title
Horse and cart,
Collection
Creator
Description
Marx Tinplate clockwork Mechanical Horse, in plain card end-opening box with red lettering and drawing. Fixed key. Yellow, orange, brown and black printed horse with one set of little wheels under one front leg. Horse inseperable from shafts. Small cart with striated horizontal yellow and orange printed surface with solid hollow disc wheels. Inside with a seat for the driver but no slot and no driver. Model by Marx from a large collection of British manufactured toy farm vehicles and implements. Numbering: 1) Box, 2) Cart and horse
Physical description
Numbering: 1) Box, 2) Cart and horses
Archival history
Museum Object Entry Form – 'Description of Object/Collection: Large collection of farm toys (to be listed in more detail on a separate sheet)...', Citation in publication [Newson, R., P. Wade-Martins and A. Little, 'Farming in Miniature Volume 2' Old Pond, 2014] (page 520 / image 7)
Production date
1950 - 1959
Object name
Material
Dimensions
- Length 243 mm
- Width 95 mm
- Height 110 mm
Associated subject