I acquired this Carousel several years ago. I have never seen it again or found it any of my books. It has Cowboys, Indians, and a Santa Clause on it. I did searches – toy carousel, toy cowboy carousel, toy Santa Clause carousel, motorized toy carousel and several others. I guessed it might be MARX, Marklin, Bing, Doll but no luck. Never came up with anything. No markings anywhere. Looks like it had a motor or something on the side.
Maybe someone here has some information
Thank You
Gen
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Looks to be very nicely made!!!
I don’t think its from any of the toy steam makers… they are all tin, this looks cast?
I have never come across this one.
It looks very well made.
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
That's an impressive carousel.
Thank You for all the suggestions / observations. I continued my searches focusing on USA, no luck. I think it must be USA made given Santa Clause (USA style), Cowboys and Indians. For now back on the shelf. I think at some point I will accidentally find out who made.
Nick, you commented:
I don’t think its from any of the toy steam makers… they are all tin, this looks cast?
I was not sure what you were referring too. Here is a photo in my cabinet with cast items, Jensen, Wilesco, and some unidentified. Did Marklin have cast machine tools?
Gen
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That carousel is cool! Thanks for sharing!
Thank You for all the suggestions / observations. I continued my searches focusing on USA, no luck. I think it must be USA made given Santa Clause (USA style), Cowboys and Indians. For now back on the shelf. I think at some point I will accidentally find out who made.
Nick, you commented:
I don’t think its from any of the toy steam makers… they are all tin, this looks cast?
I was not sure what you were referring too. Here is a photo in my cabinet with cast items, Jensen, Wilesco, and some unidentified. Did Marklin have cast machine tools?
Gen
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I meant I have never seen a cast carousel, I have several from the 20’s - 30’s but they are all tin and quite flimsy
Nick, got it
I poked a little more but it is just a real big rabbit hole, so on to using my time for searching for more goodies
Gen
Do you think it’s original? The combination of Cowboys, Indians, and a Santa Claus seems odd??
Yes, it has to be, the horses and figures fit perfect, they were designed to attach to the mechanism, likely a Christmas time toy.
Gen
I have collected toys for over 40years and I have never seen this toy either. However, I would suggest that you search through some of the early cast iron toy makers. Makers like Ives, Hubley, Arcade, Dent, Kenton, Shimer, Ideal, Wilkins, etc.. I would especially look at early Kenton and Arcade toys. This toy probable originally had a "Plinky" windup motor on the bottom. Something does strike me as odd. The figures represented on the toy don't strike me as especially old while this type of cast iron base would suggest significant age. Could this be a "put together" toy; a top and bottom that didn't originally come together? This is a real problem with old, original horse drawn cast iron toys.
In answer to one of your questions, yes, Marklin made a large variety of cast iron machine tools. In your cabinet photo the grinder on the far left looks like it might be Marklin.