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French store, Epicerie, 1880. Excellent French fashion accessory.Dollhouse.

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Category: Antique Dollhouses, Roomboxes and Shops
French Epicerie made ca 1880, This lovely store is all original from the pretty painting, the decor decor, the wallpaper to the assotissement of grocery, and lovely cakes.Fine scale. All grocery packages with original French writing and in pretty colours. This store is a rarity-also because of the originality. Size of the store w. 31 cm /12-1/2" h. 30 cm /12" . D. 34 / 13"Lovely antique room box. Note:(Dolls are not included).This would also be a lovely Accessory to a French dolls scene..

Portrait of a lady painted on Ivory. Signed. Ca 1880.

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Category: Antique Dollhouse Accessories
Wonderful Miniature Portrait of a lady painted on Ivory. Signeret. Set in a golden frame. Ca 1880. Beautiful picture.Detailled painting Size:3.-1/2" x 2-3/4"./ 9 cm x 7 cm.

8"/ 20, 5 cm. Wonderful Biedermeier China head doll house doll. Ca 1850

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Category: Antique Dollhouse dolls
This is an exquisite Biedermeier China head doll, lovely detailed painted face, long slender neck and fine shoulder plate. She has beautifully painted features and molded black hair. Arms and legs also china. She is on her original cloth body, her feet with painted flat boots. Her all original antique silk dress and hansewn underwear is so wonderful. A soft pink silk antique gown with wonderful details, .Fine cotton underwear with skirt, pantalons.Perfect doll for the early doll house! And a dollhouse doll rare to find in this condition! ( minor wear to silk due to age) Size 8"/ 20,5 cm. Ca 1850

Antique early Dresden Ornament: Violin in originally case.

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Category: Christmas and holiday ornaments
An early Dresden Ornamen of a Violin in its grained paper case The violin case is made of a heavy cardboard. The hinges are gold paper. The brass handle on top is all intact. The violin is made of stained wood and has black papers for the details on the violin. Strings are stretched appropriately to look like a violin. The instrument lies on a piece of card. It looks great beside a piano with a music stand. Measurements: 3/4"h. x 3-1/8"long.( h. 1,9 cm. L. 8 cm. Ca. 1900

French Pull-toy Automaton: Doll with Bisque head originally dressed.

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Category: Automaton and musicboxes
Wonderful antique Automaton Pull toy. Fine French Doll with bisque head. He is playing bells and turns his head, when the toy moves. On the left hand he is a lovely bird. Wonderfully dressed figure withface made of fine flawless bisque. Inset brown eyes. Mohair wig. Wooden body. Seated on on platform with embossed gold paper trim. Dressed in his original fine outfit with Dresden paper decoration. Excellent condition all over. H. 32 cm / 12,5" w. 26 cm/ 10" All original. Ca 1880

Rare Strong Clown-mechanical tin toy made by Distle,Germany. Ca 1920

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Rare Strong Clown-mechanical tin toy made by Distler.This Strong Man is constructed of tin with a detailed and colorful lithographed paint. Once wound, the clown bends forward and places his mouth over the handle of the weight, he then appears to grip the 100 kg. weight with his teeth, picking it up in his mouth. He tries to stand straight up with the weight in his mouth then bends over and sets the weight back on the table. The toy is not marked. H.:7-1/2" /19 cm. A charming old tin toy with very interesting action.

Cabriolet penny toy car made by Fischer,Germany.

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Category: Antique Tinplate cars, ships, airplanes and motorbikes
Penny toy car made by Fischer,Germany about 1920.. Driver.Very good condition. L= 5 3/4 inch- 14,5 cm.See Daviud Pressland,Penny Toys,London 1991.

Charming Dancing couple "Les Valseurs" made by Martin, France.

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Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Charming Dancing couple "Les Valseurs" made by Martin, France. This is a wonderful toy from ca 1910. When wind up thee couple dances a valse. Handpainted. Man dressed in felt.Woman in cotton. Key integrated in the bottom of the base. Great condition. Few scratches too paint. Size H. 20 cm A great piece for the Martin collector. Literatur: Fernand Martin, Toymaker in Paris 1878 - 1912 English edition ISBN 9789082200508. Frederic Marchand: L''historie des jouets Martin, Paris 1987.