Kuramochi Fairground Wind-ups
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Fairground attraction tinplate & celluloid wind-ups by Kuramochi (Japan, 'CK'-In Diamond Trademarks) Comprising a 'Kick-Into-A-Basket' game with the mechanism triggering a tinplate figure to kick a celluloid ball into a hanging basket, length 22 cm (8.75 inches), height 13 cm (5 inches); also a seesaw with two seated figures set against a high backdrop featuring a spinning circular frame containing a fan-like structure decorated with coloured celluloid balls, length 17 cm (6.75 inches), height 15 cm (6 inches); both items are mounted on plinths with attractively detailed lithography. (2 items)
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- Celluloid - In 1864 an American scientist by the name of Parkes mixed camphor with nitrocellulose, etc. The result was what came to be known as "celluloid", the first form of plastic, and a product for which Parkes could find no use.
Some time later when the supplies of ivory for making billiard balls were becoming difficult to obtain, an inventor produced a perfect billiard ball from a mould using "celluloid".
Toys, dolls and other products such as combs, cutlery handles and costume jewellery made from celluloid began appearing on the market from 1913 and continued to do so until the early 1950s by which time it was superseded by more modern products due to safety concerns because it was highly flammable and brittle product.
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