19th C. Althoph Bergmann Camel and Rider Tin Toy folk art hooked rug the Wood Regan Instrument Co

the Wood Regan Instrument Co

crisp and clean and with no real signs of use

I think I would take it to a framer if wishing to reframe it

This old tramp art box

19th C. Althoph Bergmann Camel and Rider Tin Toy folk art hooked rug the Wood Regan Instrument CoI 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