This one image with a parts list is the instructions for a Hooi Keer Machine, or a hay tedder. Here shown in a 1924 Dutch edition of the Meccano Book 1 of instructions. This model first appeared in 1916 and was replaced by an improved, updated model in 1928.
In style it's a typical early Meccano model; very spidery and 'schematic'. And of course a very period subject, modern horse-drawn farm machinery. Not really knowing offhand in 2025 what a real 1916 hay tedder looked like makes such a small model even more of a puzzle.
The two bars could suggest a push-cart, but the seat on top I think makes it clear this was meant as a model of a horse-drawn machine.
After 100+ years these small relaxing puzzles have gained an extra dimension; not only how-to-construct, but also 'what-is-it?' :-)
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