Toy Soldier Identification

[Tecumsea]

I bought this group of figures as part of a job lot recently-can anyone identify the manufacturer for me? I suspect they are Lasset or Hinton Hunt?

Keith

 

[polyphemus]

Hi Keith, the Sudan Wars (middle back row, both second row & bottom right) figures are definitely Lasset as is the Napoleonic bottom left. The ancients are almost certainly Lasset, they look like John Tassel's style of sculpt. None of them are Hinton Hunt; Marcus Hinton wasn't this good a sculptor.
The Sudan figures bring back memories. These were the among first figures I ever bought.

Hope that helps
Geoff

 

[gordy]

Sharp eye and memory! Geoff

 

[Tecumsea]

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the info-they are just about to go on Ebay together with some old series 77's.

Keith

 

[polyphemus]

Hi Keith, again. the sudan figures, from the top are; Emir, Beja tribesman (left in the second row as you look at the photograph), Hadendoha & a soldier of the 21st Lancers. This latter figure appears to have the wrong lance but the tribesman in the top right might be holding the lancer's lance; there should be a furled pennant around the lance top, probably just a case of swapping the lances over. The Napoleonic is probably a French Garde Grenadier Sapeur.
Good luck with the Ebay!

Geoff

 

[theBaron]

You're correct, they're Lasset or Stadden. I can usually tell one from the other by the sculpt--the Lasset castings I have are often more gracefully figured than the stockier Stadden castings. I'll illustrate with these photos. A pair of grenadiers, Stadden on the left, Lasset on the right:

and a pair of Jaeger, Lasset on the left, Stadden on the right:

I also tell by the primer. My Lassets were all primed with a consistent gray primer, that covered well, and had a surface that was a hair glossier than you would expect for a primer. The Stadden castings, straight from the factory, were dipped in a very thin whitish primer that showed a lot of the metal surface, and settled into the detail on the casting.

This isn't fool-proof, of course, but they're a couple of general characteristics that I consider, when trying to identify castings.

Hope that helps, prosit!
Brad

 

[Tecumsea]

Thanks guys for the information, they are now on Ebay as a group. Not sure how collectable these things are as it is not my area-they came recently with a job lot of figures. I hope someone will enjoy them.

Keith