187 - Kibri, tinplate station with clock tower, canopy and planting for model railways, tin toy

Kibri, tinplate station with clock tower, canopy and planting for model railways, tin toy Tinplate, beige textured paint, station building by Kibri on a rectangular base, two-storey elongated building with red flat roof and clock tower at the side with yellow dial, rows of muntin windows on the upper floor with two planted window boxes, light blue-grey canopy above the ground floor with central passage, there a hanging flower basket, a round stand for the station attendant and two planters with climbing plants, two red-brown doors, lettered “FAHRDIENST”, “BUFFET” and “ZEITUNGEN”, in good condition commensurate with age, small stain on the roof, 31x14.5x20.5 cm (LxDxH) Kibri, founded in 1895 by Wilhelm Kindler and Adolf Briel in Böblingen, produced tin toys and above all railway accessories from 1895 until the mid 1950s, initially for gauge 0, under the brand names K. & B. B. and KIBRI. Collectors particularly value the stations and accessories of the years 1930 to 1940 and 1949 to 1955, before the company switched to injection-moulded plastic in the mid 1950s. A Kibri tinplate station of this kind is listed as tin toy, model railway station or tinplate.