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Add to wishlistMechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) , Le Petit Cuisinier, clockwork automaton from 1899.
EUR 2.500,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton,Fernand Martin, Le Petit Cuisinier, France 1904, 20 cm, UW ok, Martin toys are portraying French life in the 19th century. They are crude in one way and sophisticated in another. Martin''''s genius was to observe everyday people and transform them into toys. Many times toys are made for children but with adults in mind. The subtleties would be lost on a child. This is an early toy figure of a cook, with painted face, with permanent key, black metal feet. Dressed in a cooks dress When wind up, he chops the carrot with great effort. He has survived remarkable well. See F.Marchand''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
Add to wishlistTin Frog , in Tuxedo. Handpainted German mechanical tin toy Günthermann,Germany.
EUR 1.200,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Tin Frog, in Tuxedo. Handpainted German mechanical tin toy . Made by Siegfried Günthermann. Clockwork.H.16 cm/ 6-1/2". Clockwork excellent. All original. Paint loss.
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.
Add to wishlistFelix the cat .Handpainted mechanical tin toy fra 20-ties.Günthermann,Germany..Comic toy.
EUR 1.100,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Felix the cat.Handpainted German mechanical tin toy. Made by Siegfried Günthermann or Georg Adam Mangold,Fürth.Wind up toy.H= 18cm/ 7 inch.Very god condition.Comic toy.
Add to wishlistFelix the cat, Hand painted early Gama,Germany tin toy. Comic.
EUR 995,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Felix the cat, Hand painted early Gama toy (Georg Adam Mangold,Fürth) Made about 1920. Clockwork working fine. Good condition.Comic. Probably the earliest Felix the Cat. H=17 cm/ 6 3/4" Literature:see: Ulrich Schweizer,GAMA,Die Spielzeuge von 1882 bis 1945,The toys from 1882 until 1945,Tin and Toys Verlag,2010. .David Longest,Character Toys and Collectible,Collector Books.
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 wishlistThe Mickey Mouse toy band. Louis Marx, c. 1929.
EUR 1.535,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A great lithographed tin-toy with lot of action, when wind up. MERRY MAKERS BAND clockwork driven mouse band with four mice at a piano.Three musicians with Band leader seated on the piano and one dancer. Great wind-up action. 24 cm w./9 1/2". Excellent condition. Do remark the Mice lithographed on the piano! Louis Marx, c. 1929,
Add to wishlistLehmann “Ajax”. Tumbling Acrobat Warrior EPL # 659"
EUR 1.190,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
This Lehmann "Ajax" toy was Patented 1903, this one ca 1914. The most articulated of all the Lehmann toys which uses a very complicated mechanism. It shows a warrior with clubs standing on long slats turning a somersault while fully extending. These came with two different kind of clothing and were expensive toys at the time. This one is the striped clothing version. Stands 10" ( 25 cm). Wind up, all original clothing and working fine.( Patent EPL 659) Very good condition. Some minor schratces due to age. Literatur: Heike Köhler/Katharina Kreschel: Vom störischen 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.
