JEP Le jouet de Paris Red/White Ruban Bleu Speedboat Large 20″

JEP Le jouet de Paris Red/White Ruban Bleu Speedboat Large 20″

Outstanding and largest J.E.P. windup boat from France, marked “Ruban Bleu No 2” by JEP.

This 1930s toy features a functioning windup mechanism with a brake/stop and go lever. The removable hatch reveals the internal spring and windup. It includes the original driver figure, a bonus lady in the back seat, and a display stand. Original stickers are intact.

This piece is in original condition with no breaks, restorations, repairs, or touch-ups. This piece shows the usual patina, fading, dust, chips, scuffs, surface rust, scratches, missing accessories, and wear that are to be expected from age and play. It is approximately 20” L. We invite you to view the photos to further determine the quality and condition.

A brief history of Jouets de Paris or JEP of Paris, France: 

In 1899 the company “Société Industrielle de Ferblanterie” (SIF) was founded as an umbrella organization of smaller metalworking companies in Paris. They specialized in floor runners and clockwork trains with rails of the gauges 0 & 1, as well as boats and cars in die-cast and lithographed tin.

Jouet de Paris (JP, JdP, JdeP, JEP) is a similar toy house founded in 1902 by the meeting of several small craft companies. On August 1, 1909 SIF buys Jouet de Paris (JEP) and they begin using the JEP name to produce toys specializing in lithographed, tin, clockwork toy automobiles, motorcycles, aircraft, and other motor miniatures. JEP cars traditionally carried a trademark on the radiator of the particular vehicle replicated.

In 1928, they changed the name of the firm to Jouet de Paris (J de. P) when they created a particularly successful new series of small cars. Around 1932, SIF decides to change back to using the Jouets de Paris (JEP) trademark and continued to use the JEP trademark until 1965 when the company closed its doors.