Merry Mutt

#473

1949-1955

No one will object if you bring this stray mutt home. The adorable dog moves his arms up and down to play a merry tune for you on his 2-note xylophone.

• Patent No. 2,089,885.

• Copyright Fisher-Price Toys, Inc.

• 1954 original retail price was .79¢ in the East and .85¢ in the South and West.

• The following poem can be found in one of Fisher-Price's mini-catalogues:
  
  

Merry Mutt is a happy guy
With winning smile and mischievous eye
He plays a tune on the xylophone
As Donald "quacks" his baritone.