Title: Antique Tobacco Box Brass Metal Toy Auto Tel Motor Car Collectible
Shipping: $45.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 20th Century
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Museum Quality
Item Date: 1920 to 1930
Item ID: 5999
This is a great tobacco storage box with many purposes. Classic brass multicolored gold tin car. I was told the original owner used it as a tobacco box. The 4 metal cups inside held tobacco and the square tray held rolling papers. Near mint condition with all original parts. Wonderfully designed with classic art deco streamlining. There are many uses for this piece and the wheels actually rotate. You may also use it as Desk Set by storing ink in the removeable cups a spunge in the square tray and removing the second layer reveals storage space for notepaper and caligraphy tools. Approximate Dimensions 3 3/4 inches tall by 4 3/4 inches wide by 10 inches long * dimensions taken at widest point Condition Good with Age and/or Wear * there are some blemishes to the finish * please note picture for actual condition Mark Betel Motor Car Open and Close Type *All of the art is edited and chosen by us for its high quality and workmanship before posting. We are committed to enhancing our customer’s lives by discovering creating, and pointing out only the best art we can find in the world today. We Are Taste-Makers, Art Advisers, Consultants & Publishers Of Spectacular Art Stories. Our job is to be intermediaries between buyers and sellers. We are vetting for high end art patrons. We are determined to catalog the world's most exceptional art and share it with everyone.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_car
A model car or toy car is a miniature representation of an automobile. Other miniature motor vehicles, such as trucks, buses, or even ATVs, etc. are often included in the general category of model cars. Because many miniature vehicles were originally sold as playthings, there is no precise difference between a model car and a toy car, yet the word 'model' implies either assembly required or some attempt at accurate rendering of an actual vehicle at smaller scale.
Many model cars were not intended either as toys or for collecting. By the 1920s or perhaps earlier, the manufacturers of real automobiles would design and construct scale as well as full-sized models to plan new products or to promote the company. Citroën of France, for example, made its own models for promotional purposes as early as 1923
Besides wood and clay, models could also be precise replicas made of similar materials to the real vehicles. For example, Hudson made twelve precisely crafted 1/4 scale replicas of its 1932 vehicles for promotion at the 1932 New York Auto Show (see Hudson display models). About the same time, but in a different vein, Studebaker made a wooden model of a cabriolet over twice the size of the real car! The vehicle was large enough to hold a whole band that played mostly for photo shoots as the car was stationary on the company grounds (Quinn 2004). As time went by, companies in the United States, Europe and Asia made, provided, or sold toys or precision promotional models to attract the next generation to their products. Also models were increasingly produced to provide banners for advertising for various companies.
