157. BEAUTIFUL LEFEVRE FRENCH RIVER BOAT | France, clockwork mechanism is housed within hull, finely decorated with good scale to appointments including sails mast, stack, and passenger benches, these early hand painted tinplate boats are quite scarce. Book example pictured on page 163 of "Antique French Tin Toys 1850 - 1914" by Paul Klein Schiphorst, and also on page 86 of Schiphorst's book "The Golden Age of French Tin Toys". | 20" l. | Great early toy with original wooden mast and deck appointments, very little flaking to the original hand painted deck, the red hull has been preserved with a clearcoat lacquer, (Pristine Condition) for age. | $6,000 - $9,000

Great early toy with original wooden mast and deck appointments, very little flaking to the original hand painted deck, the red hull has been preserved with a clearcoat lacquer, (Pristine Condition) for age.