Lot n° 169
Estimation :
500 - 600
EUR
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Result
: 450EUR
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1900 - Lot 169
EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1900
MAQUETTE DE LA GRANDE ROUE DE L'EXPOSITION, FORMANT PENDULE Wood cut-out and painted with bronzine, bearing the inscriptions "Grande Roue", "Exposition 1900" and the coat-of-arms of Paris.
The wheel turns on its axis, driving the pods mounted on pivots.
The central part features the cardboard dial of a clock.
90 x 78 x 58.5 cm.
Damage, missing wood cut-outs, missing clock movement.
This type of scale model was offered to visitors to the World's Fair who were discovering the Great Wheel.
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A similar model is in the Musée du Jouet de Poissy.
Damage, missing parts
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