The toys
A small range we keep making, and the restoration work that fills the rest of the bench. We do not chase fashions; a good tin toy was good eighty years ago.
Little saloons and racers that wind with a key and run a few metres across a floor, lithographed in the colours of the old catalogues.
Spinning carousels and Ferris wheels with pressed-tin figures, driven by a simple clockwork motor under the base.
Figures that waddle, tumble or nod — the small mechanical toys that made the Nuremberg workshops famous.
Lithographed tops that hum and show a pattern as they spin, pumped by hand or by a spiral plunger.
Dent removal, clockwork repair and careful litho retouching, keeping as much of the original toy as we can.
Springs, keys, axles and tabs made to fit older mechanisms, including toys we did not build.
New toys are made in small runs through the year; some are kept in stock and some are made to order. For restoration, bring the toy to the workshop or send photographs of it from several sides, with a note of what no longer works.
We quote each piece on its own — a dented car is not the same job as a seized carousel — and we tell you honestly when a toy is better left as it is than over-restored.