Pull Toys

DateLate 1800s (?)

Terms

Pull Toys
Wood
Paint

Dimensions17.77 × 25.38 × 38.07 cm (7 × 10 × 15 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Quincy Brown

Object numberPER2076

DescriptionToy wagon or doll carriage with handle. Wagon has flat bottom with all sides angled out. Ends have convex curve, sides concave curve on top edge. Higher in back. Two square axles nailed and screwed across bottom, round at tips, with four lathe-turned wheels held on by wooden pins through tips of axles. At front of bottom are two projecting pieces with a slot between them into which handle fits, with hole for pin to hold it in place. Handle now separate; a long thin piece of wood, tapering in width. Bottom (wide end) cut off at angle, top end rounded off. Wood peg through top end, hole for attaching to wagon at bottom. Painted: wagon green with black axles and wheels. Serpentine yellow lines on sides, fern-like yellow design on ends. Handle painted black.