Vintage toy, bicycle with sidecar, made entirely of hand-modeled iron with hand-woven wicker sidecar, a working and wonderful miniature bicycle, datable between the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. The workmanship on the object which is entirely handmade is important, from the saddle with the wooden handles relized piece by piece, to the handlebar, pedals, wheels and spokes, the fenders in sheet metal, the seat of the sidecar is all in hand-woven wicker, in short, a workmanship of the highest level with attention to the smallest details. The bicycle is in working order, i.e. it moves, the wheels, pedals and handlebars rotate and is in very good overall condition.
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