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Tin toy

Tin toy

  • Place of origin:

    Germany (manufactured)

  • Date:

    1950s (manufactured)

  • Artist/Maker:

    B&S (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    [tin toy] Tin
    [box] Colour printed card

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Alexandra Buhler

  • Museum number:

    B.101:1, 2-2010

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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This object was donated to the Museum from part of the Michael Buhler collection of tin toys. Tin toys cover a vast array of subject matters ranging from the space age to domestic objects. This figure was made in West Germany in the 1950s. The first tin toys appeared in the United States in the middle of the 19th century. The tin toy industry soon spread to Europe, particularly Germany, where many tin toys were made around Nuremberg.

The toys made in the late forties were a combination of new designs and copies of pre-war designs with new artwork and were all marked 'US Zone Germany', which is the case with this skier. The German tin toy industry was at its peak during the forties and fifties but declined after due to Japanese competition, increased production costs and the popularity of plastic toys and diecasts.

Physical description

[tin toy] A tin toy skier with its skiing clothes painted on and holding two poles. It is wearing a blue jumper with a yellow and red scarf and red trousers. The skis it is on are brown, as are the poles in each hand. The figure has orange hair and a green and cream hat. It moves forward by revolving arms and ski sticks.
[box] A card box for a tin toy skier. Each side is illustrated with ski slopes, snow and a character dressed in gloves, hat, scarf and ski equipment. The borders to these illustrations are red.

Place of Origin

Germany (manufactured)

Date

1950s (manufactured)

Artist/maker

B&S (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

[tin toy] Tin
[box] Colour printed card

Marks and inscriptions

[tin toy] 'B&S / Made in US zone Germany'
[box] 'MADE IN US ZONE GERMANY'
[box] 'No. 220 / B&S / Jumbo'

Dimensions

[tin toy] Height: 11.5 cm, Width: 10 cm, Length: 10.4 cm
[box] Height: 11.6 cm, Width: 11 cm, Depth: 7.8 cm

Object history note

This object was donated by Alexandra Buhler from the Michael Buhler collection. Buhler collected a vast array of tin toys and published a book on the subject called 'Tin Toys 1945-1975'. His collection covers a variety of subject matters ranging from space toys to more domestic objects. The collection contains tin toys from around the world including Japan, Europe, India and the USA.

Descriptive line

Tin toy skier, made in Germany by B&S in the 1950s.

Materials

Card; Tin

Techniques

Colour printing

Categories

Children & Childhood; Dolls & Toys

Production Type

Mass produced

Collection code

MoC

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