Vintage German Embarrassed Girl Lithographed Tin Lever Action Toy
This vintage German lithographed tin lever action toy, attributed to Gebruder Einfalt and dating from the 1920s to 1930s, depicts a young girl with curly red hair, a yellow top and a red pleated skirt, one finger raised to her lips. She is shown beside a floral-decorated chamber pot, a subject that gives the piece its popular name, the Embarrassed Girl. The figure is cut from tin and printed in bright colours, and it is mounted on a blue tin base with a cream border. A metal lever projects from one end of the base and forms the action of the toy. The base is stamped with the marking “GERMANY”.
Condition, Originality and Collector Appeal
The toy shows the expected wear for its age, including areas of paint loss, scuffing and surface marks across the figure and the blue base, with some tarnish to the exposed metal. The lithographed decoration remains largely visible and the figure retains much of its original character. The lever and mounting are present, and the piece is offered as described, with no claims made as to its completeness or operation. Its combination of a whimsical subject, bold colour and early German tin toy manufacture is likely to appeal to collectors of mechanical tin toys and character-based novelties of the period.
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