Object detail

Accession number
1979.53
Description
A small toy composed of a boy riding a tricycle. Boy is made from celluloid plastic. He is wearing a red shirt, shorts and hat and a green bowtie. The tricycle is multicoloured metal painted blue, orange, red, yellow and white. It is decorated with illustrations of flowers and animals. The tricycle is a wind-up toy and has a metal key on the left side which you can turn to wind it up. There is a bell on the back of a tricycle with a swirl pattern. When wound up the bike rolls forward while the bell spins and rings. On the back of the tricycle is a yellow licence plate reads: “TRADE MARK / SUSUKI / JAPAN / TS-753 Patent No.33238.”
Marks
TRADE MARK / SUSUKI / JAPAN / TS-753 Patent No.33238. Printed
Credit Line
Wind-up Toy, 1979.53. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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