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Rare Casige Cinderella Tinplate Toy Sewing Machine Casige was one of the great German toy makers of the 20th century although the original company had been founded some 50 years earlier, specializing in piano locks.The company name comes from a mixture of letters of the founder of the company, Carl Sieper( Carl Sieper of Gevenbroich, Gevelsberg) and his town of Gevelsberg, Westfalen in Germany. Ca--si--ge. The name Casige, is pronounced Kaseege.A year after Queen Victoria's death in 1901 Carl Sieper II, the grandson of the original company founder, was asked if he could supply cheap small sewing machines to schools. Carl had already seen the huge Muller toy factory and had a tour. He knew that to expand his company he needed contracts and a lucrative school contract would be a good start into the sewing business.Originally like I mentioned Casige produced locks hence the company trademark of a great German eagle clasping a key said to be the key to their success! The first sewing machine to come off their production lines was the model No 1 in 1902 not the 0 which did not appear until around 1910. Casige produced machines in endless patterns and designs from 1902 until 1975.This superb tinplate toy is the Casige model 50. Similar to the post war model 150 but much earlier. Cinders is one of the most sought after toys from the Casige read more

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