overall - from catalog card: 1 5/8 in x 3 in x 2 in; 4.1275 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm
overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.7625 cm
Object Name:
toy, trip-hammer
Place made:
Denmark
Date made:
ca 1950
Description (Brief):
This toy trip-hammer was manufactured by the Danish company H. Langes Legetoy around the middle of the 20th century. The trip-hammer is on a red metal base with flywheel. H. Langes Legetoy produced a variety of toy machine tools including a trip-hammer, grindstone, drill press, shaper, punch press, circular saw, tumbler, lathe, and grinder. These tools would often be arranged on a single board with a line shaft allowing all the machines to be operated simultaneously from a single power source.
Location:
Currently not on view
Related Publication:
Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
