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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.
Add to wishlistLovely Oriental German bisque "Ellar" doll moldA.M. 353
EUR 270,00Category: Antique German bisque dolls
Armand Marseille Oriental 'Ellar' Bisque Socket Head Doll, with sleeping brown eyes, closed mouth on a bent limb composition body, wearing later costume, 30cm / 12 " Broad nose, small dark eyes, flawless bisque.closed mouth. The baby is on the original composition baby body with original finish. No line-no cracks to bisque. One finger missing. She is in a fine size for displaying in a cabinet Made in Germany..A special baby for the collector of good baby dolls.. Ca 1910.
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"
Cat w.glasses.Handpainted German mechanical tintoy Günthermann,Germany.
SOLDCategory: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Cat glasses. Handpainted German mechanical tin toy. Made by Siegfried Günthermann Wind up toy.H= 18cm/ 7 inch.Very god condition.
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Add to wishlistMechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton, "Bécassine Casseuse d'assiettes". France.
EUR 1.875,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
A Fernand Martin (France) clockwork automaton: "Madelon Casseuse D'Assiettes". Clockwork toy of part litho, part hand painted. A very amusing and inventive toy design, features woman holding stack of plates while attempting to walk and not drop them all without apparent success. 6 1/2" h./ 16,5 cm. The toy is called Casseuse d´assiettes, After the toy is wound up and released, the body of the woman is designed to move back and forth while the feet move. Near the end, the figure falls backwards and the plate stack is released and the plates fly off. On the back of the head is a circle with the letters "F M" inside and the word "Paris" underneath the letters. 16,5 cm./ 6 1/2" 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. See F.Marchand,L''''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
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.
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