[Tin-plated toys]

Butcher on pig-drawn cart. Walter Stock, 1912. Branded Marke-Stock Germany DRGM on pig and cart. Particularly fine and functioning copy.

A pig is pulling along a two-wheeled cart that centers a barrel upon which is seated a man wearing a curious combination of butcher's work apron and driver's uniform; the humorous scene depicts the pig unknowingly driving himself to the butcher shop, encouraged by a butcher in disguise. The reins are attached to the pig's ears and when the coil-spring is wound, the cart propels forward, seemingly by the pig, but in reality by the hidden wheels below the barrel; the driver's arms pump up and down and the pig's ears flip up and down. Excellent condition, functions well.