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The Rhinoceros
The rhino was introduced in 1909 with the Teddy
Roosevelt sets. It is not a very good circus animal - not very trainable
and hard to keep. The rhino must have sold well as it was produced for a
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Photo by Judith Lile
Glass eyes, green-brown color
The head and body of the rhino were beautifully shaped. In this
example the body color blends a greenish-brown with a dark brown. Black
spots were applied on the back. The ears are leather and the tail twine.
Photo by Judith Lile
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Kramer
Glass eyes, dark brown color
Schoenhut simplified the body color in this style to a chocolate
brown all over.
Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Jim Sneed
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Glass eyes, reddish brown color This
very pretty rhino's color is definitely much redder and lighter than the
previous. Photo courtesy of Bertoia Auctions
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner
Painted eyes
Like other animals, the rhino's production was
continued after WWI with painted eyes. No decal eyes regular sized
rhino has been seen but it seems possible they were produced.
Photo by Judith Lile
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Photo by Jim Sneed from the collection of Susan Turner
Decal eyes
The decal eyes regular size rhino was likely the last variation
produced.
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Photo by Judith Lile
Reduced size, painted eyes
The reduced size rhino retained the leather ears and the twisted
twine tail. The colors of the reduced size seem to be uniformly dark
brown.
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Photo by Judith Lile
Reduced size, decal eyes
The decal eyes reduced size rhino shows how much the craftsmanship
to produce these pieces was lowered. Even the quality of wood used was
sometimes not very good.
Photo by Judith Lile
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