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Description: | This penny toy is also a mechanical sweet dispenser in the shape of the Hansel and Gretel gingerbread house. It was made in Nuremburg by Johann Phillip Meier and sold to Ernest King by a London street vendor on 23 August 1902. Such novelty tinplate candy or sweet dispensers and containers were extremely popular in the early 20th century and were mass-produced in a variety of shapes and styles. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | work Leisure Home and Family | Temporal: | 1901-1902 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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