19th C. Althoph Bergmann Camel and Rider Tin Toy folk art christ so now it just needs

so now it just needs to sit somewhere

It measures 7 5/8" in diameter and 2 3/4" tall

And how the decorative chair back frames the head of the younger at the ears

but would certainly love to see it put to use

19th C. Althoph Bergmann Camel and Rider Tin Toy folk art christ so now it just needsI am pretty certain this camel once stood on a base with wheels so that it could roll along, but it appears to have lost its ride a long time ago! I am 99% sure if was made by Althoph, Bergmann & Co, an early American tin toy maker based in NYC, and believe it dates to the 1880s or so. A string knotted around one leg of the camel helps to holds the two halves of it together (the seam is still joined along the top of the head and hump, but not the