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Hess Tin Lithographed Taxi Ca. 1907 with Flywheel *SOLD*

Hess Tin Lithographed Taxi Ca. 1907 with Flywheel

We are excited to offer this extremely rare and desirable Hess.  It is likely a 1905 to 1910 toy with primitive flywheel power.

On this piece,we see the slanted hood and desirable golden lithograph work on tin.  Colors here include black, red, green, gold, and then differing driver accents.  Age is about 110 years old, so we see spotting on the gold anodized finish as well as some fading. We see bends in the toy from play wear.  One rear wheel was reattached.

The toy still works buy spinning the flywheel handle on the left side and dropping it a millimeter onto the wheels.

 

 

A brief history of Georg Fischer of Nuremberg, Germany:

Georg Fischer founded his business in the early 20th century and ceased production in 1958. Fischer specialized in tin penny and other novelty toys. After WWI, Mr. Fischer began using the trademark monogram “G.F”.

 

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