Ernst Plank Toy Steam Engine
Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This toy steam engine was manufactured by the Ernst Plank Company of Nuremburg, Germany during the early 20th century. There is a small metal plate on the toy’s wooden base that reads “Hercules,” possibly the model name of this engine. The toy has a pressed metal firebox below the boiler with a pressure gauge and steam whistle. The boiler powers a vertical oscillating engine shafted to a flywheel.
- Ernst Plank founded his company in Nuremburg, Germany in 1866. The company was well known for manufacturing a variety of metal toys like steam locomotives, stationary steam engines, early photography equipment, and magic lanterns until its dissolution in 1935.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Bequest of the Estate of Greville I. Bathe
- ca 1900
- ID Number
- MC.329006
- catalog number
- 329006
- accession number
- 278175
- Object Name
- toy, steam engine and boiler
- steam engine and boiler, toy
- Physical Description
- white metal (overall material)
- tin (stack material)
- wood (base material)
- Measurements
- flywheel - from catalog card: 2 7/8 in; x 7.3025 cm
- boiler - from catalog card: 7 in x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 8.89 cm x 8.89 cm
- tin stack - from catalog card: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- base - from catalog card: 10 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; x 27.305 cm x 12.065 cm
- overall: 13 3/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 10 3/4 in; 33.9725 cm x 12.3825 cm x 27.305 cm
- place made
- Germany
- Related Publication
- Maass, Eleanor A.. Greville Bathe's "Theatre of Machines": The Evolution of a Scholar and His Collection
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- Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- Family & Social Life
- Engineering, Building, and Architecture
- Engineering Steam Toys and Models
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_847158
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-84a4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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