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A Carette for French market hand painted tinplate 46cm. River Launch,
finished in vermilion and ivory, with externally-fired deck-mounted horizontal boiler, spirit lamp driving single oscillating cylinder engine via flywheel crankshaft to propeller shaft, in original box with illustrated retailer's label 'Au Paradis des Enfants' and chromolithograph on lid of naval scene, circa 1900 (G, some scorching and chips, small paint retouch to port hull side, box F-G, edges strengthened with cloth tape)
finished in vermilion and ivory, with externally-fired deck-mounted horizontal boiler, spirit lamp driving single oscillating cylinder engine via flywheel crankshaft to propeller shaft, in original box with illustrated retailer's label 'Au Paradis des Enfants' and chromolithograph on lid of naval scene, circa 1900 (G, some scorching and chips, small paint retouch to port hull side, box F-G, edges strengthened with cloth tape)