Lithographed toy limousine (Charles Rossignol)

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Lithographed toy limousine (Charles Rossignol)

Charles Rossignol lithographed tinplate car, detail.jpg "CR" crest on the side door of a lithographed tinplate toy car (Charles Rossignol) (i)
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location:
Arch Three , Area 30
Classic Locomotives (display)
Shelf 1


A cartoonish green and yellow lithographed tinplate toy car, by Charles Rossignol circa 1908.

Style and markings

The car is green with yellow banding and a black cab room and running boards. The driver's seat and front passenger seat are open with a black curved projecting roof overhead, while the rear seats are close doff by side-doors and a fixed representation of a rectangular folding roof.

The side-doors bear a crest with an interlinked "CR" for "Charles Rossignol".