A "penny toy" acrobat dating to about 1900
Check out this nifty "penny toy" acrobat dating to around 1900. The piece was brought in to The House of Automata for repair and is quite rare. I love how such a simple mechanism can produce such an enchanting object.
Labels: acrobat, Michael and Maria Start, penny toys, The House of Automata, UK, vintage
posted by Dug North on 2/17/2012
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