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Chicken, Mechanical

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Collection Type

  • Toys and games

Date

1900-1914

GUSN

GUSN-68515

Description

Yellow, red; hollow hen with flapping wings; pecks ground; windup mechanism

Details

Descriptive Terms

mechanical toys
painting (coating)
pressing
tin (metal)
Figure, Toy
Figure, Mechanical
Animal, Mechanical
Animal, Mechanical

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 x 3 3/4 x 7 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2030

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