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Hess Mobile Tin Toy

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ProvenanceManufactured by German company Hess in the early Twentieth Century.SignificanceThis wind up tin plate racing car was manufactured by Hess, of Nuremberg, a German tin plate toy maker and is believed to represent a race car from the Gordon Bennett Cup race.
Clock work or windup tinplate models predate the introduction of the motorcar. Tinplate toys were introduced in the second half of the Nineteenth Century and by the early Twentieth Century Germany became the primary producer. Using new methods, such as printing directly onto the tin surface rather than hand painting, sped up production considerably. Like there full sized companions, the idea of speed and motion sold well in the toy car world, hence racing cars were the favourite in a tin toy product line up.
It is believed this particular toy is a representation of one of the racing cars from the Gordon Bennett Cup which ran from 1900 to 1905. The Cup, sponsored by wealthy American newspaper tycoon James Gordon Bennett Jr, was designed to pit the manufacturers of the ‘new fangle’ motorcar against each other, in the belief that competition spurred progress, and that the race being the first international car race would bring together competing manufacturers from France, Germany, Britain and America .DescriptionWind up tin toy motor car with race driver.Creator (person) Creator (organisation)HessAcknowledgement Keywordsmotor racingtoysmodelsDate of CreationBetween 1st January 1900 and 31st December 1930Date of UsageMaterialart board
DimensionType: Total
Height: 170
Width: 210
Accession NumberHT 2018.0307On DisplayNational Motor Museum

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PlaceBirdwood, South AustraliaCollectionLet’s Get PhysicalWhen We Were YoungMotoringMotoring

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Image FilenameHT2018-0307_CI5284.jpgCopyrightHistory Trust of South AustraliaLicenseCC-0PhotographerLuke Simon

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Image FilenameHT2018-0307_CI5282.jpgCopyrightHistory Trust of South AustraliaLicenseCC-0PhotographerLuke Simon

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Image FilenameHT2018-0307_CI5278.jpgCopyrightHistory Trust of South AustraliaLicenseCC-0PhotographerLuke Simon

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