Sale 9355
London, South Kensington
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11 April 2002
Price realised
GBP 646
Estimate
An unusual and detailed 1in. scale display model of the Wallis and Stevens Single Cylinder Road Roller Reg. No. EB1988, built of wood, metal and card with working motion and Stephenson's link gear, crankshaft with two roadspeeds and disc flywheel, working roller and chain steering, spoked front and rear rolls with scarifiers, feed pump, scale backhead fittings, tool box, brake gear and much other fine detailing, three quarter length canopy, the sideboards lettered E. Morgan Shaftesbury, the whole finished in brown, black and red with yellow and red lining -- 10¼ x 17¾in. (26 x 45cm.) Display base and glazed cover See Colour Illustration
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