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Zeppelin no.I made by Lehmann,Germany.EPL. 766.

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Category: Antique Tinplate cars, ships, airplanes and motorbikes
Zeppelin no. I made by Lehmann,Brandenburg between 1910 and 1941.A wind up toy of tin plate. Working good. Fair to bad condition with wear. Size: 7 !/2 inch- 19cm. See Heike Köhler og Katharina Kreschel,Von Störischer Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom.Brandenburger Museumshefte 6,Brandenburg an der Havel 2007. Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik,Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug,München 1981. Helmut Schwarz og Marion Faber,Moving Times,Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk,,History on a Toy Factory,Toy Museum Nürnberg 2003.

Rare early large Günthermann toy. Clown playing organ.Ca. 1910

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Handpainted Large and rare early toy showing a clown, playing the organ. Left arm is jointed and moves when wound up. Clockwork toy. Prob. by Günthermann. Good condition. only little paint loss Excellent function. H. 23 cm,

Mechanical early clown with star. Handpainted. Staudt or Günthermann Germany.

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Mechanical early clown with star. Handpainted. Staudt or Günthermann Germany. ca 1910. Functions well. Clocwork.H 16 cm.

Lehmann “Ajax”. Tumbling Acrobat Warrior EPL # 659"

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
This Lehmann "Ajax" toy was Patented 1903, this one ca 1914. The most articulated of all the Lehmann toys which uses a very complicated mechanism. It shows a warrior with clubs standing on long slats turning a somersault while fully extending. These came with two different kind of clothing and were expensive toys at the time. This one is the striped clothing version. Stands 10" ( 25 cm). Wind up, all original clothing and working fine.( Patent EPL 659) Very good condition. Some minor schratces due to age. Literatur: Heike Köhler/Katharina Kreschel: Vom störischen Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom. Brandenburger Museumshefte 6, Brandenburg an der Havel 2007; Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik: Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug, München 1981. Helmut Schwarz/Marion Faber: Bewegte Zeiten/Moving Times. Ernst Paul Lehmann-Patentwerk. Geschichte einer Spielwarenfabrik/History on a Toy Factory, Hrsg. Museen der Stadt Nürnberg 2003.