Maker record
Mueller & Kadeder
Müller & Kadeder was a German toy maker based in Nuremberg, active in the early twentieth century. Its products included clockwork toys, hand-painted and lithographed merry-go-rounds, motorcycles and aviation toys. Early flying machines and airships informed some of its designs: surviving examples include toys depicting flights around the Eiffel Tower, dated 1909. The firm’s toys are identified by a balloon-and-basket trademark bearing the letters M and K.
- Founded
- 1920
- Final year
- 1912
- Countries
- Germany
- Locations
- Nuremberg, Germany
- Founders
- Ernst Mueller · Caroline Kadeder
The story of Mueller & Kadeder
Müller & Kadeder was a toy firm in Nuremberg, Germany, operating between 1900 and 1912. Its range included unsigned clockwork toys, as well as hand-painted and lithographed merry-go-rounds and motorcycles, sometimes with sidecars. A trademark combining a balloon, basket and the initials M and K is associated with the firm.
The company also made toys inspired by aviation. Since powered flight was still new, its designs included hot-air balloons and airships. Examples depicting flights around the Eiffel Tower are dated 1909. The surviving toy record establishes a varied early twentieth-century range, spanning mechanical amusements and aviation subjects.