Bidspirit auction | Japanese Wind-up Rabbit Mechanical Toy

Japanese Wind-up Rabbit Mechanical Toy - Height: 7 inches. A Japanese mechanical wind-up toy depicting a rabbit photographer character. The figure features a body constructed of tin with a fabric and plush covering, standing on lithographed tin shoes. The rabbit's head is covered in brown mohair-style fur with pink-and-white plastic eyes and a red painted mouth. The character is dressed in a brown fabric jacket, a red bow tie, and red-and-white striped fabric trousers. In its hands, the rabbit holds a twin-lens style camera accessory made of white and black plastic. The toy is powered by a clockwork mechanism with a fixed metal wind-up key located on the back. Both tin feet are stamped with the word JAPAN in uppercase letters, impressed into the metal on the underside of the shoes. An accompanying adhesive paper label reads Japanese Wind-up Rabbit Photographer tin toy .Ca:1950.