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TUT TUT
LehmannGentleman blowing horn while driving a jalopy
- Model
- 490
- Type
- Cars
- Topic
- Travel & Transport
- Country of manufacture
- Germany
- Mechanism
- Clockwork
- Movement
- Moves forward changing direction and rotating the steering wheel and moving right arm while making a warning sound
- Materials
- Tin
- Dimensions (LxWxH cm)
- 17x9x17
- Condition
- Very Good
- Manufactured
- 1903 – 1935
Research notes
pat USA May, 12 (1903); for the steering device: DRP 136312, Feb 22, 1902); US Pat 769802, Sept 13 (1904); in Prussia, June 15, 1901, police regulation determined that every motor vehicle must be equipped with a horn - this was the first toy auto with a horn; underneath the chassis is a small set of goat-skin bellow; the name "Tut Tut" is the German onomatopoeia for a car horn honking (equivalent to "Toot Toot" in English)
Featured in
- Lehmann Toys — p. 108
- Lexicon Blech Spielzeug — p. 242
- The Guide to Mechanical Toy Collecting — p. 25
- The Price Guide to Metal Toys — p. 75
- Toy Autos 1890-1939 — p. 81
