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Collections > Toys > "Balky Mule"

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"Balky Mule"

Clown in a donkey cart known as the 'Balky Mule', with clockwork mechanism, painted tin-plate. Marks: Trademark for Lehmann

Artist / Maker: Lehmann

Place: Nuremburg

Object Type: clockwork

Actual Date: c. 1910

Century: 20th century

Material: Tin-plate

Museum Accession Number: TOY.2.122