Posted 12 years ago
Ollie
(64 items)
I love my "Nanny & Grampy" on the bench, but have no information on them. They came out of my grandmothers house. They are painted iron (metal). As you can see from the photos, they just sit on the bench. They sit on the window sill in our bathroom and we have fun moving them around . Faces are pretty detailed
Does anyone know anything about them? Could they have belonged with a doll house or just something to put on a shelf.
Age/value?
my guess is they were toys from before when plastic came to be. or maybe they were meant for decoration on a model train set? Purely speculation though. Canadian pickers has a good site, and they are always picking old iron toys... might be worth checking out.
Your figures were made by Barclay and they probably date from the 1930's. They would be accessories for a train set and were hand painted. I have attached a few links for you. The first is an Ebay listing that shows Grampy on your bench:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VINTAGE-MANOIL-BARCLAY-LEAD-TOYS-OLD-MAN-SITTING-BENCH-/270992754635?_trksid=p2992.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D20%26pmod%3D120898623039%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8943372535988608515#ht_500wt_1413
This link shows both figures:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANTIQUE-VINTAGE-MANOIL-BARCLAY-LEAD-TOYS-OLD-MAN-LADY-SITTING-LOG-BENCH-/270992754618?_trksid=p2992.m185&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC.NPJS%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUA%26otn%3D20%26pmod%3D120898623039%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8943380656628597978#ht_500wt_1413
If you would be interested in seeing more of the great variety of figures made by Barclay, here is a link you might enjoy:
http://www.dekescollection.net/SS/Barclay/index.html
Hope this helps.
Thanks for all the info. I don't think she ever had a train set, but a nephew did...I treaure them and think they are fun to have.