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Add to wishlistAntique NOAH`s Ark large scale barge bottom wooden painted Noah`s Ark ca 1890.
EUR 1.325,00Category: Wooden toys
49 cm /19".Wonderful brightly painted large scale wooden Noah`s Ark from 1890.Barge painted in brown, deck and house in green, yellow and blue. Red window trimmings-matching the roof. Roof to open for anmal storage. Comes with 26 animals. Size: 19"/ 49 cm Excellent condition and as noted below. Note: some breaks to animals,slightly different nuance to one roof side.

Add to wishlistLarge antique musical clown " Roly Poly". Papier-mache. Folk art, Erzgebirge, Germany
EUR 580,00Category: Wooden toys
A fine piece of Folk art from Erzgebirge Germany. Beautiful large antique wooden Musical example of "Roly Poly". Detailed face painting and multi-colored dress in bright colors. Extremely colorful figure, musical base, Handpainted papier mache. Excellent condition. Minimal signs of wear. Germany ca 1890. Made of Papiermache and wood, finely painted details. All original. No restoration. Size L. 20 cm/ 8". H. on Platform 23 cm /9"

Add to wishlistLehmann “Going to the Fair” lady in riding chair. EPL# 290 1889, Germany.
EUR 2.075,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
These very early string-wind drive toys were made from 1889 to 1896 in Germany by Lehmann. Combining lithography and painted detail, the toy features a red-gowned woman seated in a promenade chair with lithographed design at the side, being pushed by a porter with painted blue jacket and lithographed striped pants. The woman has a large hat, shawl, and dainty feet that rest on the decorated car base. Flywheel drive causes the wheels to turn and the man to push the cart along. Excellent condition woman, mechanism intact. Marked Lehmann. Comments: Lehmann''s EPL model 290, made only from 1889 to 1896, inspired by the International Exposition in Paris. Lehmann got the patent from Ferdinand Martin. ( there were also made a version with the lady dressed in blue with a red fan and a square loga at the back of the chair. Literatur: Heike Köhler/Katharina Kreschel: Vom störrischen Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom. Brandenburger Museumshefte 6, Brandenburg an der Havel 2007; Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik: Ein Jahrhundert Blechspielzeug, München 1981; Helmut Schwarz/Marion Faber: Bewegte Zeiten/Moving Times. Ernst Paul Lehmann-Patentwerk. Geschichte einer Spielwarenfabrik/History on a Toy Factory, Hrsg. Museen der Stadt Nürnberg 2003.

Add to wishlistCharming early Antique Peg Wooden doll with wax over papermache head in original dress l. Ca 1850
EUR 1.275,00Category: Antique Papier-mâché/Paper-Mache Dolls and Wooden dolls (1750-1860)
A charming early wooden doll in a very fine all original condition. 15" tall (38 cm) This young girl is a peg wooden doll with papermache head covered with wax. Modelled black hair. Inset dark eyes. .. Her body is wooden, with a small waist. She is dressed in her original outfit -a lovely antique cotton dress.Fine underwear.Ca 1850.Excellent condition all over.

Add to wishlistTIN WINDUP TOY OF A BOY AT THE BLACKBOARD. TIPPCO
EUR 1.875,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A VERY CHARMING EARLY TIN WINDUP TOY OF A BOY AT THE BLACKBOARD DOING HIS SCHOOLWORK. WHEN WOUNDUP HE MOVES HIS ARM TO SHOW THE RESULT OF THE MATH. COMES WITH 3 ORIGINAL PLATES. WORKING FINE AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. HIGH. 19 CM

Add to wishlistEarly Ferris Wheel with Gondola made in France ca. 1880.
EUR 1.290,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Early ferris wheel with 4 gondola with seated persons. Very Ornate wire frame.rance around 1880. Perhaps Fermand Martin. Gold hand painted. Key wind on side. 9 1/4" h. Working fine and in fine condition.H. 8 1/2 inch-22 cm.

Add to wishlistLehmann Zig-Zag tin toy. Mint condition. EPL 640. Germany. ca 1910
EUR 1.250,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
This Lehmann toy features two large tin wheels that support a two-seated apparatus, a white man holding a steering wheel and a black man holding the drive shaft seated at either side. When coil-spring is wound up, the vehicle zig-zag rolls in an infinitely changing manner, the figures bouncing up and down and moving their arms.drive shaft seated at either side. The toy combines lithographed wheels and car, handpainted figures. Excellent condition, mechanism functions well. Marked Lehmann. Lehmann's EPL 640, circa 1910. Size: H.5" ( 13 cm) W. 5" (13 cm.)

Add to wishlistMechanical frog trying to catch a fly.Mechanical tin toy fra 20-ties.Kellermann,Germany.
EUR 1.250,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Mechanical frog trying to catch a fly.Mechanical tin toy fra 20-ties.Kellermann,Germany. Functions very well. All original. good condition.















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