Susannes little flock of Clairet-figurines

My collection of models from Clairet is small, and there are no rare or valuable items, but I love each little figurine.
So please allow me to show you.

Perhaps somebody can tell a little about them ?
Also if they are not what the sellers have told me that they are. Some are marked F. Clairet, and some have no marking, so I have had to trust the sellers...but some of the unmarked ones I got suspiciously cheap

First the charming lions
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Baboons
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A Zebu ( I think ) and a gnu
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The ostriches from Starlux and Clairet, - clairet to the right .
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Brown bears from Starlux and Clairet, - Clairet to the right
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Monkeys in trees, - from Starlux and Clairet, - Clairet to the left.
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The Clairet tree has some broken branches, but the monkeys are just SO cute
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Cangoos from Starlux and Clairet, - Clairet to the right.
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Anteaters from Starlux and Clairet, - Clairet to the right
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Two seals and a walruss. The seals are not marked, and at least the darkest one must have had a ball on the nose, - from the Circus-Series.
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A little flock of large cats
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Cheetahs , - Starlux and Clairet, - Clairet to the right
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I think these are leopards, - Starlux and Clairet, - Clairet to the right
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Both from Clairet. Are they also leopards ?
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That`s all folks

Congratulations Susanne, a nice collection of Oldies! My favourite animal is the wildbeest!

Mine too!

widukind wrote:

My favourite animal is the wildbeest!

me too!! It looks like a white tailed gnu as well.
I love that close up photo of the lioness, they are beautiful

Thankyou

yes, I LOVE the gnu also, - and the zebu

Some great figures there. I like the monkeys a lot, they look more like chimpanzees I think.

Congratulations Susanne for such nice vintage figures! Thanks for showing them with Starlux, I enjoy it. They surely also go nice with Britains. :)
The monkeys are chimps, the seals are sea lions and surely the last ones are leopards. The one with large spots could be what you want! A jagpard, maybe! The gnu looks blue but I can be wrong!
I absolutly love them!

SUSANNE wrote:

My collection of models from Clairet is small, and there are no rare or valuable items, but I love each little figurine.
So please allow me to show you.

Perhaps somebody can tell a little about them ?
Also if they are not what the sellers have told me that they are. Some are marked F. Clairet, and some have no marking, so I have had to trust the sellers...but some of the unmarked ones I got suspiciously cheap

Congratulation for your CLAIRET collection.

I'm 6 years old each time I look at them I remember playing "Tarzan or Mowgli" with those animals. They were not mine but I had an older cousin who had them and let me play with

This company was a post WW2 French brand who made Toy soldiers, indians, cowboys, knights, farm and zoo animals.
The first models were hollow-cast lead and very very very rare, I haven't any, and later hard plastic.
The models were sculpted by François Clairet and have a special touch, a bit art deco
I believe this company disappeared in the 1960's when STARLUX became as present in French shops as maybe SCHLEICH is present now
Little is known about the company because catalogues, number of products, etc are unknown too

In the 1950's CLAIRET models were copied byt the US MARX company and the UK WENDAL

The main problem with the CLAIRET is disease Some models are sick, they host a bacteria which eat them and tranform the plastic back to petrol. The models have white shades on them and sometimes suppurate oil. This is a contagious disease which can spread among other CLAIRET or Hardplastic models like STARLUX.

The only thing to do is to put the suspect in a never ending quarantine.
Fortunately, a lot of CLAIRET are still safe

I posted a few pics of CLAIRET production HERE

These ones are CLAIRET
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Those are STARLUX from 1961 and 1953
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The walrus had a base indeed

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Thankyou VERY, VERY much for your help, Christophe !

Both about the background and the identification of the models .

AND for telling about the "disease" !!!!
I think I have one of those, - it is sort of gray and full of cracks
Fortunately he was standing among the Starlux in the vitrine, - now I have moved him to another place, - I hope he hasn`t infected the Clairets

Wow beautiful models! Congratulations Susanne and thank You for sharing It's very interesting brand with many lovely models, I especially like kangaroo and leopards :)

It's very interesting to hear about bacterias eating their plastic Very strange

SUSANNE wrote:

Thankyou VERY, VERY much for your help, Christophe !

Both about the background and the identification of the models .

AND for telling about the "disease" !!!!
I think I have one of those, - it is sort of gray and full of cracks
Fortunately he was standing among the Starlux in the vitrine, - now I have moved him to another place, - I hope he hasn`t infected the Clairets

Sorry Susanne, I mean the disease could spread also on the STARLUX but not on a PVC SCHLEICH...

Love those "charming" lions, even better they're in different positions : )

Kikimalou wrote:

Sorry Susanne, I mean the disease could spread also on the STARLUX but not on a PVC SCHLEICH...

Do you think I should wash them all in desinfectant ?

baltimore zoo wrote:

Love those "charming" lions, even better they're in different positions : )

I was thinking about you, when I saw that lying male lion

SUSANNE wrote:

Kikimalou wrote:

Sorry Susanne, I mean the disease could spread also on the STARLUX but not on a PVC SCHLEICH...

Do you think I should wash them all in desinfectant ?

Wash them but separately then, no paticular studies was made for such an unusual disease

Don't forget to wash your hands when you have touched a model that could be infested.

But, ok, I have my CLAIRET collection for years now and it is still standing very well

I will try that

Lovely collection of models Susanne!!

S, thanks for thinking of me with the lions in different positions : )
K, I thought you were joking around about the figures being contagious, but that sounds like no joke!
Thanks for letting us know that there can be problems with some brands!

Thankyou Taylor

WOW! What model is that in your Avatar ?

Last week I got a few more Clairet-figures
It was a little exiting, because nobody else bid on the little lot, so it was possible that it was just junk.
There WAS some junk, but also some nice models, - like a little kangu from Hauser Elastolin.

And camel, - I think it ids from Clairet. here with the dromedary from Starlux
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A Barbarian sheep, I think, - compared to the larger one from Starlux :
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AND my first variations
Tigers
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Two of our ancestors
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A darker Kangoo
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A liighter Zebu
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All small things, but cute, I think

Phantastic oldies!! I love more ad more this old animals, the barbary sheep is my favourite!!! Big congratulations Susanne!!

Hi Susanne,
The models on my avatar are a Red Wolf and cub by K&M.They are quite old models that I got in the 90s when in the USA.

Those are fantastic little figures! The camel and Barbary sheep are Clairet indeed. :)
It is nice to see them with Starlux figures that are also very beautiful! Congratulations, not junk at all!

Thankyou, friends

Andreas, I am very pleased that you begin to like them also

Taylor, you foxes are just fabulous. I hope we see a larger picture of them some time ?

Roger, thankyou VERY much for your help, again