Alps Celluloid Hunter Clockwork with Fox Chase Scene
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Alps (Japan) celluloid hunter on horseback and dogs chasing a fox; mounted on clockwork metal base. Diameter: 31 cm (12 inches).
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- Celluloid - In 1864 an American scientist by the name of Parkes mixed camphor with nitrocellulose, etc. The result was what came to be known as "celluloid", the first form of plastic, and a product for which Parkes could find no use.
Some time later when the supplies of ivory for making billiard balls were becoming difficult to obtain, an inventor produced a perfect billiard ball from a mould using "celluloid".
Toys, dolls and other products such as combs, cutlery handles and costume jewellery made from celluloid began appearing on the market from 1913 and continued to do so until the early 1950s by which time it was superseded by more modern products due to safety concerns because it was highly flammable and brittle product.
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- celluloid - toys and models 20
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- clockwork, wind-up tpys 447
- Japanese 376
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