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Remove from listMechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) , Le Petit Cuisinier, clockwork automaton from 1899.
EUR 2.500,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton,Fernand Martin, Le Petit Cuisinier, France 1904, 20 cm, UW ok, Martin toys are portraying French life in the 19th century. They are crude in one way and sophisticated in another. Martin''''s genius was to observe everyday people and transform them into toys. Many times toys are made for children but with adults in mind. The subtleties would be lost on a child. This is an early toy figure of a cook, with painted face, with permanent key, black metal feet. Dressed in a cooks dress When wind up, he chops the carrot with great effort. He has survived remarkable well. See F.Marchand''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
