In 1859, when tin smith Theodor Friedrich Wilhelm Märklin (1817-1866) made his decision to start producing doll's house accessories of lacquered tinplate, you can be sure he had no idea he was founding a firm of world reknown.
It's been a long road from handmade tin-plate toys to today's mass production in which the hand worker still plays an indispensable role. Before locos and cars make their appearance in the shop window or shelf, they have a two-year route to travel through the various production stages.
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