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+ Tin toys
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+ Fish
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+ 85/2575 Toys, novelty animal figures (75...
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Toy fish by Mettoy, 1955
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Object statement
Toy fish, tin plate, made by Mettoy, Great Britain, c.1955
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
Made by Mettoy Co. Limited. Henry Ullmann formerly a proprietor of Tipp and Company founded this company after his enforced emigration to England in 1933.Today the company is well known as the manufacturer of the die cast Corgi toys.

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Description
Toy fish, tin plate, made by Mettoy, Great Britain, c.1955

Toy tin fish, with a yellow and green body and scales printed in black. Fins are coloured in red, green, black and white across the top middle and sides of fish There is a clockwork motor that allows the back fin to move left to right. The fish is made up of two parts with a connecting seam in the middle of the body.

Made: Mettoy Co. Ltd.; Great Britain; 1955
Marks
'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN' printed in black to the base of fish
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
85/2575-64
Production date
1955
Height
60 mm
Width
70 mm
Depth
280 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1985

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Subjects
+ Tin toys
+ Collectable Toys
+ Fish
Currently on public display
+ Display Store, Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/42255 |title=Toy fish by Mettoy |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=19 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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