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Objekt 2

"The tame seal"

Description

"The tame seal", which is wound by a clockwork and moves by means of wheels on its underside, wiggling its tail fin, is one of the most successful products of the Berlin company Lehmann. For more than thirty years this model was produced almost unchanged.

Object description

Company E. P. Lehmann, Brandenburg an der Havel, between 1899 and 1935

Sheet iron, painted in color

Deposit Stocker-Nolte-Foundation, Basel

Inv. 1982.5251.

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