Cast Iron Toy From The Hubley Manufacture - Horse-drawn Carriage _ 1920

Today, we can legitimately wonder about the muscular exercise which will have "benefited" the children who would have had the opportunity to play with these cast iron pieces! And the choleric will either have broken their little brother's skull, or abandoned their belligerent temperament to the strength of the toy of 5 kilos of cast iron... If the toy no longer has to prove its resistance, it would have been more beautiful looks great as a decorative feature in a child's bedroom, but can fit anywhere as many hubley toys are now sought after collectibles. The horse-drawn carriage is made up of three removable parts: the carriage, the coupling and the coachman. The toy is in very good condition although it has lost its chromies, which we can guess in some places. The coachman character measures 6 cm. A bit of history regarding The hubley manufacturing company: it was first incorporated in 1894 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania by j John Hubley. It produced a wide range of cast iron toys, doorstops and bookends. The first hubley toys appeared in 1909, with themes ranging from vehicles drawn by horses (horse-drawn carriages) or different breeds of dogs, to tractors, steam shovels and guns. Hubley's was best known later for its many motorcycles, which were creative and often included sidecars or delivery vans that said, for example, "say it with flowers" on the sides!