Produced from 1905
Product number 202
Hand lacquered and the bar lithographed
Mechanism: clockwork
Height approx. 23 cm / 9 inches
The rostrum in black and red
The head was found in three different versions: with real hair (wool), painted hair or with a hat.
The lawyer. (translation from a article in the “La Nature” from 1906 pag. 36)
It is not enough for our manufacturer to produce effects of address or muscular skill like those we have seen in previous toys.
But it still seems that he wants to strike the imagination and our mind with more penetrating effects.
Also he is not afraid to seek out characters whose mission consists of producing persuasion, of using convincing or pitying arguments.
It’s a lawyer who appears to us.
Dressed in his robe, he is at the bar and delivers a heated argument in favor of his client before the court.
He holds in his hand an extract from the Civil Code, and seeks by all means to convince the court that the article in question is not applicable.
He cites facts, with powerful words, shakes his head and shakes his hand and strives to prove that he is convinced that the accused is not guilty.
He seeks to have this conviction shared by the court, and if he senses that the slightest doubt still remains, he appeals to new arguments more powerful than the first, and does not hesitate to continue his pleading in this way until that he obtains satisfaction.
Our little lawyer is really very interesting, and completely fulfills his role with dignity and conviction.
