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EXPOSITION UNIVERSELLE, PARIS, 1900
MAQUETTE DE LA GRANDE ROUE DE L'EXPOSITION, FORMANT PENDULE Wood cut-out and painted with bronzine, bearing the inscriptions "Grande Roue", "Exposition 1900" and the coat-of-arms of Paris. The wheel turns on its axis, driving the pods mounted on pivots. The central part features the cardboard dial of a clock. 90 x 78 x 58.5 cm. Damage, missing wood cut-outs, missing clock movement. This type of scale model was offered to visitors to the World's Fair who were discovering the Great Wheel. REFERENCES. A similar model is in the Musée du Jouet de Poissy. Damage, missing parts
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