Le Boucher – The Butcher – Number 210 from 1908

Produced from 1907
Product number 208
Hand lacquered
Mechanism: clockwork
Height approx. 20,5 cm / 8,4 inches

Research by the authors of the book: Fernand Martin toymaker in Paris 1878 – 1912, shows that Martin was not the inventor of this toy but a Mr. M.A. Boucher.
After winding the clockwork he starts walking and the pig’s head then turns around on the scale on his head.

Courtesy Frédéric Marchand – This toy is in a private collection

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