Painted Tin and Wood Toy Banjo Player, clockworks mechanism,automaton (?)

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Posted by sallymoron

13 years ago

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Description

I am looking for any info at all on this toy Banjo Player. His head is made of tin and is attached to a wooden box type frame. The front of the box is covered in painted tin. Head nods and hand strums when he is wound.. The mechanism looks like clockworks, there is a lead pedulum.

Category Toys

Medium wood and tin

Condition Good

Size and dimensions of this item 10 inches tall, 5 1/4 inches across

Date Period 1920's (?)

History was given to my aunt in the early 1920;s, was not new then.

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Painted Tin and Wood Toy Banjo Player, clockworks mechanism,automaton (?)

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