Pressed Steel and Tin Wind Up Steam Fire Pumper Truck
Keene, NH: Kingsbury Co., 1920s. Pressed steel and tin, painted red, gold and blue, measuring 4 5/8 x 9 x 3 1/2 in. (118 x 230 x 90 mm); cast iron driver figuine with some paint loss, white rubber wheels marked with the manufacturer's name and patented; steel bell under the carriage has some rusting; wind-up mechanism in good working condition.
The Wilkins Toy Company (Kingsbury after 1919) was a manufacturer of tin novelties was founded by James S. Wilkins in Keene, New Hampshire in 1890. By the turn of the century, toy automobiles were ntroduced to the line and quickly became popular. The early Wilkins automotive toys were equipped with specially-designed disc wheels with real, white rubber non- skid tires vulcanized to the wheel. The toys were made of steel ranging in size from 7 to 18 inches and vehicles were powered by a long-running, flat spring mechanical motor, mounted horizontally at the end of the toy. In 1919, Kingsbury changed the name of the company to the Kingsbury Manufacturing Company.
Item number: 447
Price: $300.00
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