METTOY FIRE ENGINE BOXED WIND UP TINPLATE TOY 1930 ' S VINTAGE TIN LITHO No Tippco
Item History & Price
The Mettoy (Metal Toy) company was founded in 1933 by German émigré Philip Ullmann and was later joined by South African-born German Arthur Katz who had previously worked for Ulmann at his toy company Tipp and Co of Nuremberg. The firm made a variety of lithographed metal wind-up toys. Both Jewish, they moved to Britain following Hitler’s rise to power in 1933.They initially produced very similar tinplate toys to those being made in Germany.....OFFERED HERE IS M...Y:
RARE BOXED TOY
MADE BY METTOY (established in the early 1930's by the former head of Tippco Toys of Germany)
FIRE ENGINE....... LADDER TRUCK
MADE IN ENGLAND
c.1930's
EARLIER VERSION WITH OPEN CUT SIDES TO LADDER AND EARLY DESIGN FIRE CREW FIGURES
NICE BIG SIZE AT NEARLY 15 INCH WITH LADDER CLOSED.........EXTENDING TO OVER 22 INCHES
TINPLATE CONSTRUCTION
NICE LOOKING APPEARANCE; HAS SIMILAR STYLING TO SOME OF THE GERMAN TIPP & CO PIECES
CLOCKWORK / WIND UP MECHANISM.....WITH ORIGINAL FIXED-KEY WINDER
RETAINS FULL FOUR MAN CREW
ROTATING LADDER TABLE
ATTRACTIVE TIN DISC WHEELS
COMES WITH ITS RARE OLD BOX
NICE VINTAGE TIN TOY.....NOW SOME 80 ODD YEARS OLD
DISPLAYS WITH SOME EXPECTED NATURAL AGE/PLAY WEAR, ODD SCUFFS, CHIPS, SURFACE OXIDE MARKING, SCRATCHES ETC....THERE ARE FEW AREAS OF SURFACE OXIDE MARKING, MOSTLY TO FRONT RIGHT SIDE OUTER WHEEL ARCH AREA, AND TO THE SECONDARY EXTENDING LADDER, WITH FURTHER RUBBING/AGE MARKING(BOTH ONLY CAUSED WHERE THE FIRE ENGINE HAD SAT IN ITS BOX PACKAGING FOR DECADES...IN CONTACT WITH THE CARD IN THESE AREAS)THE BRIGHT WORK HAS THE NORMAL TARNISHED APPEARANCE YOU FIND ON THESE EARLY ENGLISH PIECES
THE LADDER ASSEMBLY WILL RAISE AND LOCK IN POSITION.......TURNTABLE ROTATES.....EXTENDING LADDER IS WINDING WHEEL OPERATED, AND STILL WORKS.WITH A CAREFUL WIND UP, THE MECHANISM WILL SPIN REAR WHEELS........AND START TO MOVE ON SURFACE WITH INITAIL NUDGE (THERE'S A LITTLE LOSS OF POWER THRU LOOSE REAR WHEEL CONNECTION).
RARE BOX IS NICE AND SOUND... HAS THE ODD NICK, STAIN MARK, HOLE, TEARING AT END FLAP SECURING POINTS......ALL FLAPS PRESENT...NO TAPE AND HAS KEPT AN UNUSUALLY NICE WHITE COLOUR, CONTRASTING WELL WITH THE ATTRACTIVE FIRE ENGINE IMAGERY.
UNDERSIDE OF THE FIRE ENGINE LOOKS VERY CLEAN
ATTRACTIVE OLD THING, RARELY FOUND WITH ITS BOX
(please see images for actual condition)
TOY MAKES A VERY PLEASANT LOOKING DISPLAY PIECE........FROM WAY BACK IN THE 1930's
VINTAGE TIN TOY......NOT A MODERN ITEM
please take a good close look at all the images i've added, taken in differing light...to hopefully show the honest/accurate condition...as these pictures also form part of the description...and i'm parting with my METTOY FIRE ENGINE & BOX as is / as shown and without returns...thanks.
PLEASE REMEMBER YOU ARE BIDDING TO PURCHASE MY FIRE ENGINE ONLY.....THANKS
if you need more images or have questions... please just ask.
international paypal payments; or IBAN b/transfer (in u.k £ sterling or Euro equivalent)....u.k also others.overseas tracked confirmed delivery listed at £32 (big piece but refunding if over payment)....U.K special delivery £11****DELIVERY TO YOUR REGISTERED FULL STREET ADDRESS ONLY...SORRY, NO PO BOXES****
IF TRACKED CONFIRMED DELIVERY IS NOT POSSIBLE TO YOUR LOCATION, I MAY NEED TO CANCEL SALE...BY BIDDING YOU AGREE & UNDERSTAND THIS. thank you.
mettoy toys...made in england...antique...vintage...tin...tinplate...tole...latta...blech...similar european toy makers included:tippco, gunthermann, hess, orobr, karl bub, marklin, lehmann, distler, bing, charles rossignol, fernand martin
RARE BOXED TOY
MADE BY METTOY (established in the early 1930's by the former head of Tippco Toys of Germany)
FIRE ENGINE....... LADDER TRUCK
MADE IN ENGLAND
c.1930's
EARLIER VERSION WITH OPEN CUT SIDES TO LADDER AND EARLY DESIGN FIRE CREW FIGURES
NICE BIG SIZE AT NEARLY 15 INCH WITH LADDER CLOSED.........EXTENDING TO OVER 22 INCHES
TINPLATE CONSTRUCTION
NICE LOOKING APPEARANCE; HAS SIMILAR STYLING TO SOME OF THE GERMAN TIPP & CO PIECES
CLOCKWORK / WIND UP MECHANISM.....WITH ORIGINAL FIXED-KEY WINDER
RETAINS FULL FOUR MAN CREW
ROTATING LADDER TABLE
ATTRACTIVE TIN DISC WHEELS
COMES WITH ITS RARE OLD BOX
NICE VINTAGE TIN TOY.....NOW SOME 80 ODD YEARS OLD
DISPLAYS WITH SOME EXPECTED NATURAL AGE/PLAY WEAR, ODD SCUFFS, CHIPS, SURFACE OXIDE MARKING, SCRATCHES ETC....THERE ARE FEW AREAS OF SURFACE OXIDE MARKING, MOSTLY TO FRONT RIGHT SIDE OUTER WHEEL ARCH AREA, AND TO THE SECONDARY EXTENDING LADDER, WITH FURTHER RUBBING/AGE MARKING(BOTH ONLY CAUSED WHERE THE FIRE ENGINE HAD SAT IN ITS BOX PACKAGING FOR DECADES...IN CONTACT WITH THE CARD IN THESE AREAS)THE BRIGHT WORK HAS THE NORMAL TARNISHED APPEARANCE YOU FIND ON THESE EARLY ENGLISH PIECES
THE LADDER ASSEMBLY WILL RAISE AND LOCK IN POSITION.......TURNTABLE ROTATES.....EXTENDING LADDER IS WINDING WHEEL OPERATED, AND STILL WORKS.WITH A CAREFUL WIND UP, THE MECHANISM WILL SPIN REAR WHEELS........AND START TO MOVE ON SURFACE WITH INITAIL NUDGE (THERE'S A LITTLE LOSS OF POWER THRU LOOSE REAR WHEEL CONNECTION).
RARE BOX IS NICE AND SOUND... HAS THE ODD NICK, STAIN MARK, HOLE, TEARING AT END FLAP SECURING POINTS......ALL FLAPS PRESENT...NO TAPE AND HAS KEPT AN UNUSUALLY NICE WHITE COLOUR, CONTRASTING WELL WITH THE ATTRACTIVE FIRE ENGINE IMAGERY.
UNDERSIDE OF THE FIRE ENGINE LOOKS VERY CLEAN
ATTRACTIVE OLD THING, RARELY FOUND WITH ITS BOX
(please see images for actual condition)
TOY MAKES A VERY PLEASANT LOOKING DISPLAY PIECE........FROM WAY BACK IN THE 1930's
VINTAGE TIN TOY......NOT A MODERN ITEM
please take a good close look at all the images i've added, taken in differing light...to hopefully show the honest/accurate condition...as these pictures also form part of the description...and i'm parting with my METTOY FIRE ENGINE & BOX as is / as shown and without returns...thanks.
PLEASE REMEMBER YOU ARE BIDDING TO PURCHASE MY FIRE ENGINE ONLY.....THANKS
if you need more images or have questions... please just ask.
international paypal payments; or IBAN b/transfer (in u.k £ sterling or Euro equivalent)....u.k also others.overseas tracked confirmed delivery listed at £32 (big piece but refunding if over payment)....U.K special delivery £11****DELIVERY TO YOUR REGISTERED FULL STREET ADDRESS ONLY...SORRY, NO PO BOXES****
IF TRACKED CONFIRMED DELIVERY IS NOT POSSIBLE TO YOUR LOCATION, I MAY NEED TO CANCEL SALE...BY BIDDING YOU AGREE & UNDERSTAND THIS. thank you.
mettoy toys...made in england...antique...vintage...tin...tinplate...tole...latta...blech...similar european toy makers included:tippco, gunthermann, hess, orobr, karl bub, marklin, lehmann, distler, bing, charles rossignol, fernand martin
