Cirque Miniature – Miniature Circus – Number 153 from 1896

Produced from 1896
Product number 153
Hand-lacquered
Rubber band drive
Height approx. 15 cm/ 5,9 inches, Width approx. 15 cm/ 5,9 inches

As we can see, there are several versions known, we do not know if they are all 100% original.
On the original catalogue page we see 4 longer rods with a monkey on each rod and in the middle two more straight short rods with each a monkey, on the two found toys the two straight short rods are not visible, this could be a later adjustment by Martin to save costs but could also have been removed by handy tinkerers.

Picture courtesy Frédéric Marchand this toy is in a privat collection
Picture courtesy: Fam. Verdoorn and Fam. Bas, the toy is in the K.B. collection

Original 1898 catalog page

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