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An ITO, Japanese postwar produced wooden torpedo boat, 36” long with working lights and twin engines. | |||
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A Christmas present from my wife, this train is by Tucher & Walther and is a modern day rendition of an antique tinplate train. | |||
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Pre-litho goat and wagon / candy container, circa 1880s L 5.375” (13.7 cm), W 1.5” (3.9 cm), H 1.75” (4.5 cm) Hess was known to make parts (especially wheels) or whole toys for other manufacturers. This goat with wagon was probably a candy container. All 4 wheels are marked with the Hess patent (44408) and solidly fastened to axles as was typically Hess. |
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Pre-litho goat candy container on wheels, circa 1880s L 2.75” (7 cm), W .875” (2.2 cm), H 3.125” (8 cm) Another candy container with a slide open compartment. Curiously only one wheel is stamped with the Hess patent (44408). Wheels have cast axle bearings but use a nail like axle crimped on one end. |
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| Hess pre-litho penny toys, circa 1870s L 2.5” (6.4 cm), W 1.13” (2.9 cm), H 2.13” (5.4 cm) These pre-litho penny toys are all hand painted and have the early Hess logo embossed into the bottom metal frame. Cast metal wheels with cast metal figures soldered to a tinplate platform. Animal figures include horse, lion, dog, deer, elephant and I am sure there were others. Bottom right shows the early Hess logo embossed into frame.
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