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Balky Mule
Ernst Paul LehmannClown on cart with decorated wheels pulled by a grey donkey
- Model
- 425
- Type
- Carriages & Cycles
- Topic
- Circus & Clowns
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
- Mechanism
- Clockwork
- Movement
- While moving forward, donkey and clown jump
- Materials
- Tin & cloth
- Dimensions (LxWxH cm)
- 19x7x12
- Condition
- Good
- Manufactured
- 1897 – 1938
Research notes
alternative names: the Balky Mule, Stubborn Donkey, the Comical Clown; DRP96081 (1897); this seems to be the earlier version of the toy (see 59 (60) for details) - before 1903?
Notes
clockwork loose
Featured in
- Le Cirque et Le Jouet — p. 46
- Lehmann Toys — p. 58
- Lexicon Blech Spielzeug — p. 236
- Mechanical Clowns on Tour — p. 42
- Mes Rêves en Jouets Le Cirque — p. 86
- The Guide to Mechanical Toy Collecting — p. 22
