An Ahrens 'Fire Fighters' working model

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細節

An Ahrens 'Fire Fighters' working model
coin-operated automaton, showing two painted buildings connected by a gate, firemen and ladder, in glazed upright mahogany case with replica top-flash and cast-iron lion's paw feet, the electric motor causing a bell to ring, the figure of a woman to appear in a top-floor window, the side gate opening to reveal a tinplate fire-engine, as a fireman climbs the ladder and descends again carrying a baby - 85in. (217cm.) high x 37in. (94cm.) wide x 26in. (66cm.) deep, (some worm holes in lower plinth), circa 1930

出版

Nic Costa, (1988), Automated Pleasures, the History of the Coin Machines, p.214.

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拍品專文

Charles Ahrens was a prolific maker of amusement machines duirng the 1920s, and by the early 1930s had become one of the largest manufacturers in the country. He was well known for both the quality of his machines and his trademark large working models, including the popular 'Our Firefighters' and 'English Execution'. Compared to the output from other makers of the same period, Ahrens produced a limited number of popular themes, although what he lacked in range was more than made up for by the sheer size of his special exhibition pieces.