Description: Rare Pre-War Lead Wild West Series Cowboy With Lasso & Moving Arm Johillco England John Hill Vintage Lead Toys This fine example retains most of its paint in great condition Great Green. Red, Black & Grey Buy A Quantity of Lead Figures and Only Pay the One Highest Price For all. Pay and I will refund you the extra $ before I ship out. See All My Lead Figure Listings - I Am Selling Off A Large Estate Collection Many Rare Pieces Please study the photos.Send along any questions you have.Super Quick Shipping and Super Careful Packaging.You will receive what you see in these pictures. I am adding inventory regularly so if you like what you see, Add me to your favorite Sellers list and check backoften to find more treasures. Please Browse All My Listings QUICK WHITE GLOVE SHIPPING John Hill & Co was started in 1898 by a former employee of W. Britain named Mr F. H Wood. In contrast to Britains, Johillco was the first British hollo cast figure company to sell their figures individually leading to competition from Britain's who later began to sell individual figures and figures painted less ornately to be sold in variety stores like the F. W. Woolworth Company. Johillco also manufactured Coronation and other souvenir items. The firm's original factory was located at 2-22 Britannia Row, Islington, London but the factory was bombed during World War II. In August 1946 the company reopened under new management in Plumbe Street Burnley. Also after World War II, Johillco's chief figure designer Wilfred Cherrington in conjunction with a Mr. Leaver started his own company called Cherilea. In their book The Art of the Toy Soldier, the authors note that due to the cheapness of the figures and the individuality of their poses, Johillco figures were found more in working-class homes than the expensive Britain's that came in boxes of rigid identical poses. The authors also noted the company probably used a variety of sculptors leading to various grades of quality of Johillco figures, that the authors call "the good, the bad, and the ugly". In addition to toy soldiers and cowboys and Indians, Johillco made many figures of knights and a movie tie-in set of figures from MGM's Quo Vadis (1951 film) as well as spacemen. Johillco was slow to realize the effect of production in plastic. From 1956 they began making plastic figures in their hollo cast molds under the name of Hilco but the company ceased in the early 1960s.
Price: 56 USD
Location: Walled Lake, Michigan
End Time: 2025-02-04T13:38:55.000Z
Shipping Cost: 6.4 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Number of Pieces: 1
Soldier Type: Cowboy
Scale: 1:32
MPN: Does not apply
Material: Painted Lead
Gender: Boys & Girls
Age Level: 8-11 Years, 12-16 Years, 17 Years & Up
Modified Item: No
Brand: Johillco
Type: Wild West
Year: Pre-War
Era: 1914-1945
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
