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I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

D is for ♫♫♪ Ding Dong Bell ♫♪ Pussy's In The Well! ♪♫♪

Although it's Pussies without the apostrophe as I tried several likely felines and two of the shots worked to some extent;

Cake Decoration Well; Civilian Scenery; Ding Dong Bell; Farm Scenery; Farm Well; FG Taylor & Sons; FG Taylor Well; Lucky Well; Plastic Toy Well; Pussy's In The Well; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Speedwell Well; Toy Well; Water Well; Wedding Cake Decoration; Well Cake Decorations; Well Toy; Well Well Well; Winding Handle; Wishing Well;
This is the F.G.Taylor well, suitably equipped with cats! The largest of the three we're about to look at, Barney had a nice copy a while back which I missed, slightly smaller and with a yellow roof and simpler, solid bucket/weight.

Cake Decoration Well; Civilian Scenery; Ding Dong Bell; Farm Scenery; Farm Well; FG Taylor & Sons; FG Taylor Well; Lucky Well; Plastic Toy Well; Pussy's In The Well; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Speedwell Well; Toy Well; Water Well; Wedding Cake Decoration; Well Cake Decorations; Well Toy; Well Well Well; Winding Handle; Wishing Well;
Starting the post-proper with the smallest, I think we've looked at this before, but I recently combined the two ('storage' and 'here') samples together, which allows for a better look, although the text/captions render further blurb rather superfluous!

I believe these are all Hong Kong, but there may be a Western origin/influence there somewhere? It's similar to or loosly based-on the Marx well, but with the pivot-handle replaced by a more European winding-mechanism and rain-guard.

Cake Decoration Well; Civilian Scenery; Ding Dong Bell; Farm Scenery; Farm Well; FG Taylor & Sons; FG Taylor Well; Lucky Well; Plastic Toy Well; Pussy's In The Well; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Speedwell Well; Toy Well; Water Well; Wedding Cake Decoration; Well Cake Decorations; Well Toy; Well Well Well; Winding Handle; Wishing Well;
This is the Speed'well-well! I thought it might be missing a winding-handle but apparently; this is it! Similar construction to the other two for the roof piece, but with the hidden studs of the smaller one, for a cleaner look.

Cake Decoration Well; Civilian Scenery; Ding Dong Bell; Farm Scenery; Farm Well; FG Taylor & Sons; FG Taylor Well; Lucky Well; Plastic Toy Well; Pussy's In The Well; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Speedwell Well; Toy Well; Water Well; Wedding Cake Decoration; Well Cake Decorations; Well Toy; Well Well Well; Winding Handle; Wishing Well;
Back to the Taylor, I don't know if there was a lead version in the T&B days, but I don't think so? Although it would explain the studs coming through - to be flattened-down and hold the roof on? I'll try to find out!

Cake Decoration Well; Civilian Scenery; Ding Dong Bell; Farm Scenery; Farm Well; FG Taylor & Sons; FG Taylor Well; Lucky Well; Plastic Toy Well; Pussy's In The Well; Small Scale World; smallscaleworld.blogspot.com; Speedwell Well; Toy Well; Water Well; Wedding Cake Decoration; Well Cake Decorations; Well Toy; Well Well Well; Winding Handle; Wishing Well;

All of them together, sans felines! the smallest I think was only ever a cake-decoration (lucky or wishing-well), the chromium-finished one being presumably for wedding-cakes? Speedwell was always toward the 45-50mm bracket, while Taylor are doing the whole 1:32nd scale thing!

A follow-up post is here, then Barratt's well's have turned-up courtesy of Barney Brown of Herald Toys & Models

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