I have thousands of favourites, among which is this pressed, litho-printed, tin plate apple tree. I bought it at the Sandown Toy Fair a few years ago, from a dear little old lady who specialised in civilian solid and hollow-cast metal, and had the quality equivalent of a 10p box (everything was a pound!!) which contained some lovely pressed-wood farm animals and this; I had to have it!!!
It's about 55mm high, probably dates from before the war and unusually has the back painted as well as the front, albeit only black. If I could only save ten things from a fire this would be one of them, it's just so charming!!
Don't have a clue who made it, I suspect a German
cigarette company but the Americans also produced a fair bit of this type of stuff between the two wars, so it's any one's guess....?
It's about 55mm high, probably dates from before the war and unusually has the back painted as well as the front, albeit only black. If I could only save ten things from a fire this would be one of them, it's just so charming!!
Don't have a clue who made it, I suspect a German cigarette company but the Americans also produced a fair bit of this type of stuff between the two wars, so it's any one's guess....?
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