Object number
2020/39/15/1-2
Title
Horse and cart,
Collection
Creator
Description
Marx Tinplate clockwork Mechanical Horse, unboxed. Fixed key. Yellow and black printed horse with one set of little wheels under one front leg. Horse inseperable from shafts. Small cart with striated vertical yellow and orange printed surface with solid hollow disc wheels. Cart plain yellow on the inside with a seat for the driver. Tinplate driver slots in seat wearing yellow clothing and orange trousers. Model by Marx from a large collection of British manufactured toy farm vehicles and implements. Numbering: 1) Cart and horse, 2) Driver
Physical description
Numbering: 1) Cart and horses, 2) Driver
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] (as page 520 / image 8)
Production date
1950 - 1959
Object name
Material
Dimensions
- Length 250 mm
- Width 100 mm
- Height 130 mm
Associated subject