Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Wind-up toy: horse-drawn buggy
Object Number:
1955.5
Date:
ca. 1870
Medium:
Iron, tin, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 7 1/2 x 15 x 5 in. ( 19 x 38.1 x 12.7 cm )
Marks:
stencil: in yellow, on reverse: "Patented./Jan 25th & Feb 1st/1870"
Description:
Tinned sheet iron windup toy depicting gig drawn by white horse, with two large rear wheels; gig wheels and driver painted red and green; stencilled yellow border and floral motifs on body.
Gallery Label:
This object has been tentatively attributed to George W. Brown.
Credit Line:
Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
