19th C. Althoph Bergmann Camel and Rider Tin Toy carved hangingframe from the wavy lines detailing

from the wavy lines detailing feathers to those rather crudely painted talons to the orange branch and green swath below

1 1/16" across at base

the fact of its extreme closeness

stuffed full with soft but substantial stuffing giving it a nice weight

I'm not sure if it was a kid or an artist who made it (it is signed S

19th C. Althoph Bergmann Camel and Rider Tin Toy carved hangingframe from the wavy lines detailingI am pretty certain this camel once stood on a base with wheels so that it could roll along, but it appears to have lost its ride a long time ago! I am 99% sure if was made by Althoph, Bergmann & Co, an early American tin toy maker based in NYC, and believe it dates to the 1880s or so. A string knotted around one leg of the camel helps to holds the two halves of it together (the seam is still joined along the top of the head and hump, but not the