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Champion Velocipede Automaton with Black Rider by Stevens & Brown, c. 1870
Connecticut, with "EXLCR" pressed-cloth head, original paint and costume, stamped brass "gloved" hands and booted feet, velocipede with spoked iron wheels and open-spring motor with bell-crank for zig-zag motion as boy pedals, length 12 in. (30 cm), with key, split seam on boy's head, paint on velocipede worn, otherwise good original working condition. – Literature: Blair Whitton, "American Clockwork Toys", 1981, p. 36. – Patented in February 1870, Stevens & Brown's "Champion Velocipede" was offered for sale by Althof Bergman in several variations, including the scarce African American version seen here.
Puppenautomat "Schwarzer Junge auf Dreirad" von Stevens & Brown, um 1870
"Champion Velocipede", Kopf aus gepreßtem Stoff (leichter Riß in der Naht), Original-Bemalung und -kleidung, Hände und Füße aus Messing, Speichenräder aus Gußmetall, Motor mit offenem Federwerk, Gestänge zum Vorderrad für die Zick-Zack-Bewegungen, wenn der Junge losradelt, funktionierender Originalzustand! – Literatur: Blair Whitton, "American Clockwork Toys", 1981, S. 36.
Start Price: € 450
Connecticut, with "EXLCR" pressed-cloth head, original paint and costume, stamped brass "gloved" hands and booted feet, velocipede with spoked iron wheels and open-spring motor with bell-crank for zig-zag motion as boy pedals, length 12 in. (30 cm), with key, split seam on boy's head, paint on velocipede worn, otherwise good original working condition. – Literature: Blair Whitton, "American Clockwork Toys", 1981, p. 36. – Patented in February 1870, Stevens & Brown's "Champion Velocipede" was offered for sale by Althof Bergman in several variations, including the scarce African American version seen here.
Puppenautomat "Schwarzer Junge auf Dreirad" von Stevens & Brown, um 1870
"Champion Velocipede", Kopf aus gepreßtem Stoff (leichter Riß in der Naht), Original-Bemalung und -kleidung, Hände und Füße aus Messing, Speichenräder aus Gußmetall, Motor mit offenem Federwerk, Gestänge zum Vorderrad für die Zick-Zack-Bewegungen, wenn der Junge losradelt, funktionierender Originalzustand! – Literatur: Blair Whitton, "American Clockwork Toys", 1981, S. 36.
Start Price: € 450
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