Produced from 1904
Product number 199
Hand lacquered
Mechanism: Push button
Height approx. 22 cm / 8,7 inches
Working: Introduse the bullets in the arm and press the lever.
Free translation of the text that was by the La Nature drwaing:
Bowling is more of a game of skill; the articulated arm is hollow and can be maneuvered by pressing a button at the feet of the man.
A ball is inserted through a hole in the shoulder; it is stopped in the hand by two small springs that prevent it from falling, but if you give a sharp blow to the operating button to throw the arm forward, the weight of the ball is sufficient for the speed acquired to overcome the resistance of the springs; it will then roll with enough force in the game of skittles to knock over one or more, depending on how well the player has oriented the arm that threw it.
These toys, which are true marvels of mechanical simplicity while achieving perfection in the truth of movement, are the triumph of small Parisian industry.
Picture from the original catalog from 1908