La Charrette Anglaise – The English Cart from 1892 – number 119

A cart with two girls on it being pulled by a boy.

Produced from 1892
Product number 119 (In the books known to us, this toy has the Martin product number 39 which is not correct, see below on the original catalogue page in the left upper corner)
Hand lacquered
Mechanism: Flywheel

The flywheel is hidden inside the two girls, here you see the axle/wheel to wind the string

Length approx. 12,4 cm/ 4,8 inches
Height approx. 18 cm/ 7,08 inches

Original catalogue page

The girls’ clothing, so far I have only found it in the colours combination blue red, sometimes brighter or paler in colour.
The boy’s trousers are found in two colour combinations, completely black or cream/orange striped, see the photos in this article

The original box
here you can see the F.M. logo next to the foot of the girl
On the inside the F.M. logo is more visible, of course mirrored.

Photos courtesy of Bertoia auctions, the Spielmuseum in Soltau Germany and from my personal collection

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