John Hill Co. and Cherilea zoo

Yes, a lot of them did otter with fish indeed.
When you look at the bronze from 1870, it must be the first one, although not ment to be a toy maybe...

DaveScriv wrote:

So it looks like almost everyone in the toy industry did that otter with a fish.
I suspect the Austrian cold painted bronze (Bergmann?) was first. 1870s?

I guess so, Blancherie Freres made one too.

And if we really search, more will pop up i guess...

Reading this old but very informative topic we can see that JoHill&co shared their kangaroo with BF (it is the BF joey indeed). They also shared their Pelican and Tortoise with Britains and BF. 
For the Otter and the lizard, they shared both with BF and Hausser (Tipple-Topple Austria).
They also shared their Flamingo with Domage & Co.
The leopard and Tiger are very inspired by the Lineol leopard
At last the Cherilea/Hillco anteater is a Hausser copy.