Maker record
Shimer Toy
Shimer Toy Co. made cast-iron miniature ranges, including models named Venus and Mercury. Museum cataloguing identifies a Venus toy stove made by William Shimer, Son & Company around 1925; the surviving examples place the maker in the American cast-iron toy stove trade.
- Founded
- 1942
- Countries
- United States
- Locations
- Brookline, Massachusetts
- Founders
- Richard P. Shimer
The story of Shimer Toy
Shimer Toy Co. is documented as a maker of miniature cast-iron ranges. The Antique Toys Library records Shimer Toy Co. Venus and Mercury range toys, including a Mercury model with a nickel finish. A Venus toy stove in the collection of The Strong National Museum of Play is attributed to William Shimer, Son & Company and dated circa 1925. Its catalogue identifies tin, nickel plate and cast iron among its materials. These objects place the company in the American market for miniature domestic appliances, which reproduced household stoves as toys.