19th C. Althoph Bergmann Camel and Rider Tin Toy carved hangingframe I think a Bird of

I think a Bird of Paradise or two would be just about right

A quick search reveals that Coppess was born in 1910

of England

though he was certainly much loved for a good bit of his long life

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

19th C. Althoph Bergmann Camel and Rider Tin Toy carved hangingframe I think a Bird ofI 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