1 Siegbert “Sieke” Chasanowicz owned and operated a key and lock factory in Berlin. As mechanical toys became more popular, his business expanded to include the manufacture of spring mechanisms and gears for playthings that required them, in addition to hinges and clasps for boxes and containers.

2 “My knight in shining armour” and “my lovely pumpkin.”

3 Baucis and Philemon is the tale of an elderly couple. According to Greek mythology, Zeus granted the couple their wish to die at the same time and he transformed them into a pair of intertwining trees, one oak and one linden.