Les Boeufs – The Oxen – Number 162 from 1897

Produced from 1897
Product number 162
Hand lacquered
Mechanism: Clockwork
Lenght approx. 20 cm / 7,9 inches

Two oxen pull a cart with hay, the oxen are driven by a young man

In this toy, the winding mechanism differs from the normal model with a fixed key.
Here, the mechanism must be wound up by turning the wheel.
In the photo, you see a densification on the wheel between two spokes and you also see a small rod on it, on the densification there is also a “black” arrow that indicates the direction of rotation of the wheel to be wound up.

Courtesy Bertoia Auctions
Detail of the winding mechanism
Original 1908 catalog page
Original Box , Courtesy Galerie de Chartres

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