Bing of Germany Tin Printing Press from Germany circa 1909 with Type *Antique Toys E-Museum*
Bing Tin Printing Press from Germany circa 1909 with type SOLD *E-Museum*
This tin printing press is “extremely fine hand painted” from the early 1909 catalog. Â It actually works and comes with a press roller that holds individual letters. Â Then a box of letters is included with he tin toy. Â Springs tension the roller for paper and then the driver is steam toy powered. Â The toy can also be hand cranked.
The hand paint work on this is quite subtile, and a site to behold in person. Â The base is a tan, similar to a wooden plinth. Â Then the mechanism has a base of dark green, like a British racing green. Â Specific parts are hand painted black. Â Then the coral colored striping is hand painted pin striping that really takes time to absorb. Â It is hand done and lines are incredibly straight. Â Springs are natural in color. Â Printing blocks are a combination of metal and potentially rubber.
Our toy harkens from the Hirshberg collection, author of “Steam toys: a Symphony in Motion”.
Gebbruder Bing Nuremberg, Germany
1866 – 1933
Karl Bub; toy trains/Fleischmann; toy boats
Founder: Brothers Ignatius and Adolph Bing
Spring-driven toys
Wide-range of spring-driven, cars, buses ,boats. Perhaps its biggest coup was a line of trains initiated in 1882. Bing went under during the crash of 1929; Karl Bub acquired the toy trains division and Fleischmann the toy boats.