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Add to wishlistMinnie Mouse knitting.Comic.Disney.
EUR 522,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Minnie Mouse knitting sitting in a rocking chair. Very special Disney Toy. Clockwork.Excellent condition.Size H. 17 cm /6,6 inch. The Minnie Mouse is made by "MARX" Japan. ( marked at the back. Also with "Walt Disney production." It is made in the beginning of the 50-ties-maybe before.Walt Disney comic/movie tinplate toy Excellent mint condition.
Add to wishlistHand painted tin fiddler with dancing ballerina.Made by Günthermann,Germany
EUR 2.400,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Painted tin with clockwork mechanism. Seated musician and a balerina dancing to plink-plong music made by Siegfried Günthermann, Nürnberg about 1905. An early toy in a very good condition and working fine.H= 10 1/2 inch-27 cm B= 8 1/4 inch- 21 cm.
Mechanical hand painted tin toy: A Fernand Martin (France) , Le Petit Cuisinier, clockwork automaton from 1899.
SOLDCategory: 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.
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Tin Frog , in Tuxedo. Handpainted German mechanical tin toy Günthermann,Germany.
SOLDCategory: 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.
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French Wind-Up Organ Grinder Toy.France. 1909
SOLDCategory: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
French Wind-Up Organ Grinder Toy from 1909. Antique toy, lithographed tin organ box with hand-painted composition head, wire and metal body with fabric clothing, and two felt black hats (these possibly later). 9” / 23 cm tall. Diamond-shaped logo to side panel stamped “Paris/S.I.J.I.M.”. With key. Head swiveling action and music box both functional. See F.Marchand,L''''Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
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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 wishlist"Le Sonneur endiablé" early Fernand Martin toy 1895.
EUR 1.370,00Category: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
"Le Sonneur endiablé" early Fernand Martin toy 1895. Bell ringer, tall pale with small roof holds brass bell on pivot, toy is rubber band operated, tower and base are made of non ferrous metal and rest of toy is tin, when operated bell rings as bell ringer moves forward and back bending at waist The jacket of the man comes in red and blue. long 20 cm. H. 18 cm. Literatur: Fernand Martin, Toymaker in Paris 1878 - 1912 English edition ISBN 9789082200508. Literatur: Frederic Marchand: L''historie des jouets Martin, Paris 1987.
Mechanical hand painted tin toy: 'The drunkard' made by F. Martin,France.
SOLDCategory: Antique Tinplate Mechanical Toy Figures
Mechanical figure made by F.Martin,France from 1899.A very nice toy in a very fine condition,which working splendid. Hand painted and dressed.H= 8 inch-20 cm. See F.Marchand,L'Historie des Jouets Martin,Paris 1987.
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