LEHMANN OH MY ALABAMA COON JIGGER ANTIQUE BLACK TIN TOY GERMANY TINPLATE Wind Up
Item History & Price
LOVELY LOOKING ANTIQUE TOY......RARE BRIGHT CONDITION
LEHMANN OH MY EPL # 690 ... ALSO KNOWN AS THE ALABAMA C**N JIGGER
REALLY APPEALING TIN TOY (sat in my cabinet many years)
FIGURE HAS 10 INCHES HEIGHT ... STANDING ON HIS PLATFORM
MADE IN GERMANY
c.1910's
TIN LTHO PRNTED & HAND PAINTED FINISH
GREAT LOO...KING TIN FIGURE, WITH ARTICULATED / FREELY MOVING ARMS & LEGS
BLACK TINPLATE MAN STANDS ON TOP OF A TINPLATE PLATFORM, WITH LOVELY LITHO PRINTED DECORATION....THE TOP PLATFORM HAS A GREAT "WOOD EFFECT" PRINTED DETAIL
THE TIN BOX / PLATFORM CONTAINS A CLOCKWORK / WIND UP MECHANISM....WITH LEHMANN FIXED KEY WINDER, AND A STOP/START FUNCTION LEVER
UNDERSIDE OF THE PLATFORM STILL DISPLAYS THE PRODUCTION/PATENT DATES....latest date on this example is 1912.
EXCELLENT LOOKING TOY....VERY UNUSUAL TO FIND THIS TOY WITH SUCH BRIGHT COLOURFUL APPEARANCE.NONE OF THE USUAL HEAVY AND UNSIGHTLY LITHO WEAR.....EVEN INSIDE THE MECHANISM BOX IS GREAT (please take a look at any other examples you can find, just to see how nice and bright my example is)
FIGURE HAS HIS ORIGINAL ARMS ( MANY OF THESE ANTIQUE JIGGERS LOOSE ARMS AND HAVE REPRODUCTION REPLACEMENTS)
NOW AROUND 100+ YEAR OLD, FIGURE DISPLAYS MINIMAL AGE/PLAY WEAR MARKS, CHIPS, SCRATCHES ETC...ALL SUPER SOLID AND NOT ROTTEN.(please see all images for actual condition)
THE WIND UP MECHANISM WORKS GREAT...KEY CAREFULLY WINDS UP, AND ONCE THE START LEVERS ARE ACTIVATED...THE FIGURE WILL "DANCE" ABOUT THE PLATFORM (the dance operation can be manually activated by squeezing the two lever together, or you can lock them in position (lock together to dance OR locked apart to prevent dancing movement).PLEASE TRY THE FOLLOWING VIDEO LINK, TO SEE A SHORT CLIP OF THIS WONDERFUL WORKING TOY:
VIDEO
ANTIQUE TOY MAKES A GREAT DISPLAY PIECE......LOVELY APPEARANCE AND STILL WORKS
MADE EARLY LAST CENTURY....THIS IS NOT A MODERN ITEM OR REPRODUCTION
MAKES A GREAT DISPLAY PIECE
I'VE ADDED ALL THE IMAGES I CAN, TO HOPEFULLY SHOW THE HONEST/ACCURATE CONDITION....PLEASE TAKE A GOOD CLOSE LOOK FOR YOURSELF, AS THESE IMAGES ALSO FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION...AND I'M SELLING MY LEHMANN OH MY JIGGER AS IS / AS SHOWN AND WITHOUT RETURNS.
if you need more image or have questions...please just ask
PLEASE REMEMBER YOU ARE BIDDING TO PURCHASE MY LEHMANN DANCING FIGURE ONLY...as pictured in images 1-11
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lehmann oh my alabama c**n jigger...antique toy...vintage...tin...tinplate...latta...blech...tole..made in germany...similar european toy makers include:gunthermann...orobr...issmayer...gely...distler...bing...tippco...stock...charles rossignol...fernand martin etc...