Georges Carette, a Frenchman who emigrated to Germany as a young man, founded his company in Nüremberg, Germany, in 1893, having first started producing toys in 1886. Carette toys were mechanical tinplate models of ships, street cars and railways, and were extremely popular. By the 1900s, Carette was producing live steam models, and passenger cars (coaches) for the British market, through Bassett-Lowke.
Georges Carette, as a Frenchman, fled Germany at the outbreak of World War I, eventually returning to France where he spent the remainder of his life. His company was run by his partner until 1917, at which point the firm closed for good, although some tooling was acquired by Bassett-Lowke who continued to produce ex Carette models using the Bassett-Lowke name.
Products made by Bing, Carette and Exley for Bassett-Lowke may (also) be found under 'Bassett-Lowke'.
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