Antique Japanese Insect Trap. Owari Tokei. Nagoya. Japan. Fully Working. (82)

An Antique Japanese Insect Trap.
C.1900.
"Manufactured By
Owari Tokei
Kabushiki Kwaisha
Nagoya Japan."
 

A interesting and rare antique Japanese clockwork insect trap dating from around 1900.

This ingenious Japanese antique is designed to catch insects to feed to the pet lizard, goose etc.  Housed in a wooden case the trap runs on a clockwork motor wound by a heavy brass key through a brass eye on the RHS of the box.  When wound the clockwork motor rotates a cubodial drum located on its LHS.  The face of the drum would be coated with an appropriate medium eg. honey to atract and catch insects.  As the drum rotates the captured insects would be brushed of by a wooden paddle, falling into the back of the cabinet.  Attracted by the light the insects would pass through a mesh cone to be contained in the brass edged mesh cage ready for removal.  The clockwork motor is housed behind two sliding panels to allow easy access for maintenance.  One door has the manufacturers pressed brass plate attached.  The cubodial drum and the brushing paddle are slide fit for easy removal for cleaning etc.  The cage is again slide fit and has a slide fit panel to access its interior and remove the insects. 

Dimensions: The cabinet measures 24cm x 24cm x 15cm. 

Weight: 1914g's.

Condition: In good used antique condition showing marks and wear appropriate to its age and use.  The exterior is clean with a nice sheen to its surface.  There are marks relating to age and use.  The clockwork mechanism is clean and bright and works as intended.  It drives the drum continuously with the paddle following its surfaces.  The drum and paddle are clean with minor age related marks.  The clear panel mounted below drum is clean and transparent.  It does have a longditudinal crack as shown in the images.  The catching cage is intact with a couple of small irregularities to the meash as shown in the images.  The brass is bright and clean, the mesh is clean with some surface tarnishing/rust.  The interior surfaces of the cabinet are clean with age and use marks to their surface.  We encourage potential buyers to view the 24 images provided to assess condition and they form part of the description.  We encourage any enquiries prior to purchase including requests for additional images.

An interesting and unusual antique Japanese mechanical insect trap in good working order.


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