Bidspirit auction | Tri-ang Minic Clockwork Great Spider

Tri-ang Minic Clockwork Great Spider with Original Little Miss Muffet Box - A vintage Tri-ang Minic clockwork Great Spider novelty toy, manufactured by Lines Bros. Ltd. in the United Kingdom. The toy features a moulded red plastic body, likely cellulose acetate, housing an internal metal clockwork wind-up mechanism designed to provide a crawling motion. It is supported by four formed wire legs, each terminating in an original red moulded plastic foot. The internal metal mechanism is stamped with the characters GREAT over SPIDER on two separate plates. The item is accompanied by its original illustrated cardboard box, which features the Little Miss Muffet nursery rhyme and the Tri-ang MINIC registered trade mark. Length: 80mm Width: 70mm.