Tuesday 11 May 2021

1920 Schneider Homecast catalogue

 Here is a link to a pdf of a catalogue by Schneider showing the range of homecasting moulds in the Twenties. Everything from toy soldiers to Nativity Scene figures and much more besides . Have a look and enjoy-

http://www.zinnfiguren-bleifiguren.com/Firmengeschichten/Schneider_Gebrueder/Schneider_Gebr_Katalog_ab%201920.pdf 

A hobby for everyone indeed. Look out for this splendid illustration and imagine...







15 comments:

  1. With an air-fired cannon no less. That'll liven up a Nativity scene.

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    1. Liven up anything I’d say. Wonder if H G Wells ever saw one? A lot tame I imagine than a Britains gun especially as they were in his day.

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  2. Excellent find , some brilliant figures in this catalouge .

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  3. I also have used that catalgue (or a similar scan) to identify old Schneiders. IIRC, there's a version with painted figures floating around somewhere as well.

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    1. If you ever find the link Phil to the painted version please let me know.

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    2. YOu can find a lot of Schneider-related documents here: https://www.zinnfiguren-klio.de/angebote-klio/downloads/

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    3. The last link on that page has coloured versions of the Schneider figures, there's also a "mal-buch", an illustrated colour catalogue containing drawings of 'action scenes' with suggestions on how to paint the figures.

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    4. The site and links are in German, but hey, any toy soldier afficionado worth his salt should at least be able to decipher German text, right? ;-)

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  4. I’m looking forward to warmer weather for an opportunity to take a bunch of Schneiders outside and try to cast them...

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    1. I hope we see your efforts on your blog when the weather and time permit.

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  5. Thank you for sharing this catalogue with us Alan. It helped me to identify a few figures that I have as Schneider! I am surprised at how extensive their production was!

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    1. Delighted it was helpful. I am impressed at the sheer variety of things you could homecast. What I would be interested in finding out was the price of moulds in the 1920s and how relatively expensive or inexpensive they were. I would like to find out something of their wider place in society and childhood. I fear I will need to learn to read German to do that, something I should have attempted long ago!

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  6. What a delight! Wouldn't my grandfather have loved to buy molds from the catalogue and help his grandson cast, paint and play with them? If only I'd been born 30 years soon and he'd had spare money!

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