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Add to wishlistAntique Paper mache Doll Millinners Model w. Short Brush stroked hair
EUR 1.900,00Category: Antique Papier-mâché/Paper-Mache Dolls and Wooden dolls (1750-1860)
A rare and outstanding Milliners Model from ca 1830 with a wonderful hairstyle: short brushstroked curls, molded and painted, a lovely face with blushing cheeks, lovely mouth.She is on her fine Millners Model classic kid body with wooden arms and legs.large feet with painted slippers, antique and all original dress with multiple layers of underwear.All just lovely and still in fine condition. This charming girlish Doll is in very fine condition-and all original all over, with no restoration. She is 14" tall 35 cm. A great young lady, that would be so special in a collection of early dolls. Considereing her age, the condition is very good.She has minimal wear to the papier mache and the paint of her toes are a littlerupped. Clothes in great condition.
Add to wishlistA French Fine Antique Painted Papier Mache Marotte/Polichinelle, French circa 1860.
EUR 875,00Category: Automaton and musicboxes
A Painted Papier Mache Marotte Of Polichinelle, French circa 1860, with wide painted smiling mouth, rouged cheeks, large hooked nose and chin, painted blue eyes, dressed in soft pink and cream silk and cotton dress in eight sections, matching collar and hat. Bells on collar and dress. Torso with hat and dress 36 cm. With stick 50 cm. When swirled bells sounds. Excellent condition of face. A little wear to dress due to age. A wonderful toy!
Add to wishlistAntique mechanical doll wood/paper mache playing piano. Pull toy. Ca 1860.
EUR 2.300,00Category: Antique Papier-mâché/Paper-Mache Dolls and Wooden dolls (1750-1860)
This is a charming wooden mechanical toy of a young girl playing the piano. A wooden doll with paper mache head is seated in front of a piano in her best clothes and plays the piano, when pulled. Her face is lovely, fine molded and painted facial features and a lovely hairstyle: hair curled at the top and put together in a molded and painted hair net.Her body is peg wooden and seated on a wooden stool. She has small painted black boots. She is dressed in her all original silk long skirt and fine blouse trimmed with lace. The condition of the toy is excellent. All original and no repairs. - very appealing toy! H. 21 cm ( 8,8") W. 17 cm (6,6")
Add to wishlistLehmann “Going to the Fair” lady in riding chair. EPL# 290 1889, Germany.
EUR 2.475,00Category: 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 wishlistAntique Dexterity Games & Hand-Held Puzzles: Embossed Tin Monkey. 1890
EUR 240,00Category: Antique Games
Antique Dexterity Games: Embossed Tin Monkey, whre you try to place his 4 pearl teeth right. ca 1890. Across 5 cm. ( 2") .Dexterity puzzles - also known as palm puzzles - have been a source of fascination for adults and children since the Nineteenth Century.
Add to wishlistTin plate toy made by Lehmann,Germany.Express Porter.EPL # 140
EUR 490,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Mechanical tin toy from made by Lehmann,Brandenburg. Express Porter EPL # 140. This piece is the early version made between 1888 and 1918. Driving by flywheel. Working fine. Good condition. Some little wear at one side and at the top. L=6 inch/15 cm.Literature: Heike Köhler og Katharina Kreschel,Von Störischer Esel zum Kletteraffen Tom.Brandenburger Museumshefte 6,Brandenburg an der Havel 2007. Jürgen & Marianne Clieslik,Lehmann Toys,The History of E.P.Lehmann,New Carvendish Books,1982. Helmut Schwarz og Marion Faber,Moving Times,Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk,,History on a Toy Factory,Toy Museum Nürnberg 2003...
Add to wishlistFernand Martin delivery boy."le petit livreur" Blechspielzeug.
EUR 1.290,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
6 3/4"(17 cm)Fernand Martin delivery boy tin wind up toy. The toy is clothed in striped pants and blue jacket. These toys were produced between 1878 and 1930 in Paris, France. The company was known for creating amusing figures. The tin litho is in very fine condition as is the outfit. Literatur: Fernand Martin, Toymaker in Paris 1878 - 1912 English edition ISBN 9789082200508. Literatur: Frederic Marchand: L'historie des jouets Martin, Paris 1987.
Add to wishlistPenny Toy.Baby carriage made by Fischer,Germany.
EUR 295,00Category: Penny Toys
Penny Toy carriage of tin plate made Fischer,Nürnberg.Child inside Made around 1915. Very good condition..L= 3,5 inch - 9 cm.Literatur: David Pressland, Penny Toys, New Cavendish Books, London 1991.
