Unidentified Toy Gramophone
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Re: Unidentified Toy Gramophone
I think it is German and Gama seems likely and that is the important detail. It could have been sold under the National Band name but also by other retailers/wholesalers names. In view of the condition there probably never was a label and may well have appeared in Curry’s or other gramophone shops sold as something like ‘nursery gramophone’ or ‘kiddies gramophone’ etc. without any labelling to the machine.
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Of course the photographs on this thread have disappeared, but earlier today I saw this on ebay and wondered if it is the same as your wife's toy gramophone (if she still has it) ?epigramophone wrote: ↑Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:58 am I am unusually fortunate to have been married to a fellow collector for over 50 years. Although my wife's main collecting interest is mechanical music, she also collects children's records and recently purchased this toy gramophone in a distinctive Brown Crocodile finish.
The only wording on the machine is "Foreign", which in the UK between the wars was a euphemism for German when German goods could be hard to sell. To illustrate it's small size it is pictured next to my Brown Crocodile Columbia 112a.
In the absence of a manufacturer's name we have christened it the "SqueakyPhone", which says all that needs to be said about the sound which it produces. Any suggestions as to it's identity would be appreciated.
[urlhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204642565368?hash=it ... R6iSv8auYw][/url]
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It does look like the same design, although the case on my wife's example has a more deeply embossed finish.poodling around wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:26 am
Of course the photographs on this thread have disappeared, but earlier today I saw this on ebay and wondered if it is the same as your wife's toy gramophone (if she still has it) ?
[urlhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204642565368?hash=it ... R6iSv8auYw][/url]
She still has it, and has since added a Pixie Grippa and a Pigmyphone.
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Thank you very much epigramophone.epigramophone wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 11:10 amIt does look like the same design, although the case on my wife's example has a more deeply embossed finish.poodling around wrote: ↑Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:26 am
Of course the photographs on this thread have disappeared, but earlier today I saw this on ebay and wondered if it is the same as your wife's toy gramophone (if she still has it) ?
[urlhttps://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204642565368?hash=it ... R6iSv8auYw][/url]
She still has it, and has since added a Pixie Grippa and a Pigmyphone.
As you say, the 'finish' on your wife's version is different and (I think) much nicer .
Very interesting indeed.