Märklin Toy Steam Engine
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Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This toy steam engine was made by the Märklin Company around 1920. This toy steam engine consists of a vertical brass boiler that powered a flywheel, mounted on a metal plate painted green.
- The Märklin Company was established in 1859 in the town of Göppingen, Germany by tin smith Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin. Märklin began his business with the production of tin doll houses, but the company soon began producing a variety of tinplate and metal items, eventually specializing in toys that included steam engines such as this one.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- ca 1920
- ID Number
- ER.329051
- accession number
- 278175
- catalog number
- 329051
- Object Name
- toy steam turbine & boiler
- steam turbine & boiler, toy
- toy, steam engine and boiler
- Measurements
- overall: 15 1/2 in x 18 3/8 in x 8 7/8 in; 39.37 cm x 46.6725 cm x 22.5425 cm
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Family & Social Life
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1063805
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-f84a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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