Tyrolean with Alpine girl

Schuco

Tyrolean boy holding in his arms an alpine girl

Model: 983/8
Type: People
Topic: Sports & Leisure
Country of manufacture: Germany
Mechanism: Clockwork
Movement: Vibrates and circles, while raising and lowering girl
Materials: Tin and cloth
Dimensions (LxWxH cm): 11x4x13
Condition: Very Good
Manufactured: 1935 – 1939

Notes

animal tail on hat was glued (wire broke)

Featured in

Schuco (catalogue) — p. 145

How it works

In this type of Schuco toys, the clockwork powered mechanism (1) rotates cam (2), which raises/lowers arms (3). The structure of the arms (3) consist of a single U-shaped wire with a V-shaped ledge in the base. Simultaneouly, rotation of the eccentric weight (4) causes the toy to vibrate and turn around