Animals
History of tin toys
In the early 19th century, pedlars and street traders sold cheap toys carved from a single piece of wood, mainly produced by rural craftsmen or in small backstreet factories. In the late 19th century these toys were replaced by even cheaper toys stamped out of tinplate which were exported from Germany. Many of the toys were clockwork and were developed as a sideline of watchmaking. They were originally made in the 1830s for the amusement of adults. Much of the tinplate trade was based in Nürnberg. There were three main methods of printing designs onto tinplate: directly from a lithographic stone; transfer printing with paper;offset lithography using a rubber roller. The range of tinplate toys was varied and included penny toys as well as more expensive lithographed models.
