Details
A Bing steam Open Speed Boat No. 145
painted in blue and ivory with tan and lilac interior, with seated lithographed driver, forward canopy hinged to reveal horizontal spirit-fired boiler and single oscillating cylinder engine driving prop shaft, in original box with illustration --23½in (59cm.) long, circa 1923 (G-E, some slight burning and paint loss, stern flag missing, box G, slight end damage, manuscript Italian graffiti to one end)
See Colour Plate
painted in blue and ivory with tan and lilac interior, with seated lithographed driver, forward canopy hinged to reveal horizontal spirit-fired boiler and single oscillating cylinder engine driving prop shaft, in original box with illustration --23½in (59cm.) long, circa 1923 (G-E, some slight burning and paint loss, stern flag missing, box G, slight end damage, manuscript Italian graffiti to one end)
See Colour Plate
Provenance
Probably sourced originally from the same collection as that offered as part of The Märklin Transport Sales on 20 December 1994 and 4 May 1995