A charming group of early miniature pressed and embossed fla...
A charming group of early miniature pressed and embossed flat-tin lithographed farmyard animals and poultry, probably Continental European and most likely German manufacture, early 20th century, comprising of horse, cow, goat, pig, lamb, rabbit, chicken, Cockrill, goose, duck and ducklings,the figures are formed from thin pressed sheet metal, embossed to give modelling and detail whilst retaining the characteristic substantially flat profile, and supported principally upon integral folded metal bases, decorated in remarkably colourful naturalistic finishes, the cattle and livestock in mottled cream, brown, ochre and black, and the poultry particularly attractively coloured in orange, red, green and turquoise tones. (18)* Provenance: Phillips, London, 21 April 1998, lot 420.
[ translate ]A charming group of early miniature pressed and embossed flat-tin lithographed farmyard animals and poultry, probably Continental European and most likely German manufacture, early 20th century, comprising of horse, cow, goat, pig, lamb, rabbit, chicken, Cockrill, goose, duck and ducklings,the figures are formed from thin pressed sheet metal, embossed to give modelling and detail whilst retaining the characteristic substantially flat profile, and supported principally upon integral folded metal bases, decorated in remarkably colourful naturalistic finishes, the cattle and livestock in mottled cream, brown, ochre and black, and the poultry particularly attractively coloured in orange, red, green and turquoise tones. (18)* Provenance: Phillips, London, 21 April 1998, lot 420.
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