Jouets de Paris JEP “Ruban Bleu No. 1” 915-1 Tin Hand Painted Mechanical French Windup Speed Boat with Box *SOLD*

Jouets de Paris JEP “Ruban Bleu No. 1” 915-1 Tin Hand Painted Mechanical French Windup Speed Boat with Box

We have for you this tin hand painted mechanical windup “Ruban Bleu No. 1” 915-1 speed boat with original box that was manufactured by Jouets de Paris or JEP of Paris, France.

 This windup speed boat works by turning the key and removing it before sliding the small knob by the key forward. When the knob is pushed forward it closes off the key hole and the propeller begins to turn. The windup mechanism on this works great. It comes with its original flag and box. The box is in fragile shape with many side seams split and taped back together, but the original sticker on the side of the box is in wonderful shape. We do not believe the key to be original, but it is the key that it had when it came to us.

This JEP “Ruban Bleu No. 1” speed boat is in excellent all original condition with no breaks, restorations, repairs, or touch ups. This piece shows the usual patina, dust, chips, scuffs, surface rust, scratches, and wear that are to be expected from age and play. It is approximately 14 ¼” L (with rudder). We invite you to view the photos to further determine quality and condition.

A brief history of Jouets de Paris or JEP of Paris, France: 

In 1899 the company “Société Industrielle de Ferblanterie” (SIF) was founded as an umbrella organization of smaller metalworking companies in Paris. They specialized in floor runners and clockwork trains with rails of the gauges 0 & 1, as well as boats and cars in die-cast and lithographed tin.

Jouet de Paris (JP, JdP, JdeP, JEP) is a similar toy house founded in 1902 by the meeting of several small craft companies. On August 1, 1909 SIF buys Jouet de Paris (JEP) and they begin using the JEP name to produce toys specializing in lithographed, tin, clockwork toy automobiles, motorcycles, aircraft, and other motor miniatures. JEP cars traditionally carried a trademark on the radiator of the particular vehicle replicated.

In 1928, they changed the name of the firm to Jouet de Paris (J de. P) when they created a particularly successful new series of small cars. Around 1932, SIF decides to change back to using the Jouets de Paris (JEP) trademark and continued to use the JEP trademark until 1965 when the company closed its doors.