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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.
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]
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.