Contest Entry: Stieff Duck

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Ad for Stieff Toys, a waddling duck on eccentric wheels. Published in the January, 1915 issue of the LADIES' HOME JOURNAL. This would probably be worth a bundle today on "Antiques Road Show." Margarete Stieff & Co., inventors of the "Teddy-Bear."



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Comments

[1girl.livejournal.com]

What quality, exactly, makes wheels eccentric? Those look like pretty normal wheels to me.

[koboldmaki.livejournal.com]

The "bar" between the wheels is not in the centre of the wheel (it's not centric, so to speak), but closer to the edge, and in a diagonal, and so makes the duck wobble.