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Remove from listTyras lithographed tin toy dog made by Lehmann, Germany. EPL # 432
EUR 750,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Tyra lithographed tin toy dog made by Lehmann. The toy actually walks, clockwork mechanism, The Dog Thyras was patented in 1895 by Carl Adam and Lewin Minkowski & Son from Köngsberg, Germany. Lehmann bought the company in 1897 and made the tin toy dog from 1898 to 1935. The dog has a leaf spring mechanism, unusually for Lehmann toys. When wound up the dog actually walks. Original Lehmann Key with Lehmann logo. Also Logo at the Neck band. Thyra is in a god condition and working well.Note:the color is quite dark. Literature:See Heike Köhler og Katharina Kreschel,Von Störischer Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom.Brandenburger Museumshefte 6,Brandenburg an der Havel 2007. Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik,Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug,München 1981. Helmut Schwarz og Marion Faber,Moving Times,Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk,,History on a Toy Factory,Toy Museum Nürnberg 2003.
