"PETER IN DER FREMDE" BOARD GAME
or "Peter leaving home for the purpose of travelling"
German, circa 1860
Original cardboard box with the board game on the bottom of the box, the numbers 1-12 in a circle and corresponding pictures, dice pictures and an arrow pointing in a certain direction after the throw of the dice. Together with the set of twelve separate cards. All hand-coloured and egg white heightened lithographs. On the lid the name of the game in German, English and French. Complete with the rules of the game. No dice.
20,7 x 20,7 x 3 cm
PAPER TOYS
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"PARIS METAMORPHOSES. FEMALE HEAD"
J.P. Dreykorn, Nuremberg, circa 1850
Hand-coloured and egg white heightened lithographed images of femal heads, divided into four segments. In cardboard box with an image of a woman and with the title in four languages, surrounded by a Dresdner paper border. The game is not complete, there are three instead of six (?) portraits to form. Some sides of box replaced. Provenance: Dupuoz collection Zurich.
14 x 18,5 x 2,cm€ 550contact me -
A LATE 18TH CENTURY JIGSAW PUZZLE
Label on the box reads "Een Zee Haven" (A sea port)
Hand coloured engraved puzzle of probably today's Le Havre. Complete, including paper example with French caption "Havre de Grace" and German caption "Haven Einfahrt". In original oak box.
20,6 x 18 x 4,3 cm€ 275contact me -
A LOTERY GAME
F. & Cie, Paris, circa 1900
Original square box showing 36 different numbers in a circle and a metal rotating arrow on top. Inside the box the various ‘prizes’ including two vases, a doll, a wallet and jewellery on a card. Some are later additions.
27 x 27 x 6 cm€ 350contact me 
"DAS LIEBLICHEN MADCHEN METAMORPHOSES GAME"
G.W. Faber, German, circa 1850.
Eight hand-coloured and egg white heightened lithographed images of girls, divided into three segments. In cardboard box with an image of children playing the game at the top and with the title in three languages, surrounded by a Dresdner papier border that is partly lost. All cards are reinforced at the back as is the box.
15 x 10,3 x 2,3 cm€ 675contact me-
A GAME OF BESIEGING
German, circa 1830
The four panel hand-coloured game board folds in original paper covered slipcase which is decorated with a hand colored lithographed image of an army heading into battle and the name of the game in German and French.
16 x 17,4 x 0,7 cm€ 250contact me 
A LIFE SIZE SANTA CLAUS POSTER
Weissenburg, C. Burckhardt's Nachf. circa 1890
Large chromolithograph poster on 3 attached sheets. Numbered "No. 32" below the image. Rolled, minor marginal imperfections.
167 x 68 cm€ 900contact me
"CHINESISCHES VERLEGENHEITS-SPIEL"
German, circa 1850
A tangram game in original paper-covered box with sliding lid with title in German and French. Containing the seven yellow painted pieces, ten (out of 12) example cards and the instructions.
13,5 x 10 x 1,5 cm€ 300contact me-
A FRENCH GAME BOX
Coqueret éditeur and Destouches lith. Paris, circa 1860
Original paper over wooden box with a coloured lithograph on the lid showing children playing games from the box. These include wooden dominoes, skittles with cloth ball, spinning tops, yo-yo, bilboquet, a paper checkerboard and checkers.
31 x 21 x 6 cm€ 325contact me -
"JEU DE L'OIE RENOUVELÉ PAR LES GRECS"
Watilliaux edit, H. Jannin, Paris, circa 1875
Four sheets mounted on red strong board, cloth hinges. Coloured lithograph. Depicting children playing in a "Comtesse de Ségur" setting. The corners are decorated with cartouches showing a game of skittles, a game of pelota, lawn-tennis and pistol shooting. In the centre the rules of the game.
47 x 38 cm€ 250contact me -
"FLORA, THE GAME OF FLOWERS"
German, G.W.Faber, circa 1860
A parquettry game in original paper covered wooden box with sliding lid. Comprising of coloured geometric segments. On the lid the name of the game in three languages and a lithographed illustration of children playing the game. There appear to be four pieces missing.
16 x 16 x 1,2 cmSOLDcontact me -
A JIGSAW PUZZLE "THE MAIDSERVANT"
German, circa 1835
Cut-out pieces of wood lined with paper, hand-coloured engraving depicting a maid with apollo knot hairdo setting the table in a typical Biedermeier house. A young man greets her through the open window and takes off his hat. On the lid the same image accompanied by the title in German and French. Lid darkened, puzzle itself very bright in colour, one tab replaced.
19 x 17,5 x 1,5 cm€ 300contact me -
A LOTERY GAME
Dutch, circa 1860
Original marbled paper covered box containing seven inner boxes, each labeled in pen with contents; a set of 60 wood engraved picture cards, a set of 60 descirption cards and five sets of Klasse cards. Each set of cards comes in their own case.
Box 13 x 8,7 x 5,7 cm€ 550contact me 
A BLOCK PUZZLE
German, circa 1840
36 lithographed paper-covered wooden blocks forming six different representations ranging from a scene of a family, of a castle, geometric shapes, figures, etc. With three paper examples. One cube has been replaced. Without original box.
16,5 x 16 x 2,6 cm€ 600contact me
LES JOCKOS - SINGES SAVANTES
Saussine, France, ca.1900
Magnetic game in original cardboard box, not in working order.33,5 cm x 33,5 cm
€ 300contact me-
AN EDUCATIONAL JIGSAW PUZZLE
N. Carpenter, London, ca.1850
"The comparative size of forty birds, from the Ostrich to the Humming Bird". With hand colored example, written description, in contemporary wooden box.€ 220contact me -
"PARQUET IN COLOURS"
German, circa 1870
Original paper covered wooden box with sliding lid, containing coloured wooden triangular segments, complete. On the lid the name of the game in three languages and a lithographed illustration of two girls, one holding a doll. Small piece of paper on the box restored.
20 x 20 x 1,6 cm€ 160contact me 
A LARGE DIE-CUT IMAGE OF SANTA
Circa 1920's
Lithographed and embossed glossy paper.
32,5 cm tallSOLDcontact me-
A LATE 18TH CENTURY JIGSAW PUZZLE
Label on the box reads "Hobnelia et Lubberkin" and "se vend chez Martin Engelbrecht".
Hand coloured engraved puzzle of Lubberkin entering the room Hobnelia is in, together with her spinning wheel and her mother. Complete, four tabs replaced. Including paper example in original oak box.
16,5 x 12,5 x 3,5 cmSOLDcontact me -
AN EARLY LOTTO GAME
16 x 6,5 x 9 cm
Probably Dutch, circa 1830
Original paper covered cardboard box containing 24 numbered cardboard cards, a striped cotton bag with 90 wooden numbers and a folded paper sheet with all numbers 1 – 90. On the lid of the box a coloured illustration of a company in a gazebo playing the game.RESERVEDcontact me 
A BELL AND HAMER GAME
Dutch, circa 1840
Original marbled cardboard box containing five hand colored engraved cards and a complete set of eight black dice. The cover reads "HAMER" and "SCHIMMEL-SPEL" and has an illustration of two blacksmiths at work. Box slightly damaged.
13,5 x 8,5 x 1,2 cmRESERVEDcontact me
A LOTTERY GAME OF SIX CLASSES
Dutch, circa 1800
A game with solely engraved numbers, no pictures. Ninety lotnumbers, ninety smal numbers and a large amount of price cards in six different classes. Original marbled paper box. Game seems to have never been played with.
9,5 x 7,5 x 5 cmRESERVEDcontact me-
"COGNAC MET ZOUT"
Dutch, circa 1860
Paper sleeve containing 24 lithographed cards with figures in different colors, 24 so-called recipe cards with humorous texts and a manual, satirical game inspired by William Lee.9 x 6 x 2 cm
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A MARTIN ENGELBRECHT PEEPSHOW OF A BALLGAME ROOM
Augsburg, circa 1750, signed P.Mai, PPPP and M.Engelbrecht excud. A.V.
Octavo size. Six hand colored and cut-out panels forming a perspective view of a ballgame room.
14,6 x 9,5 cmSOLDcontact me
"THE GIANT COMIC PICTURE BLOCKS"
German, circa 1890
Original cardboard box containing bright and colourful lithographed blocks featuring various animals, a clown and a jockey, complete. Lid lacking the edges.
32 x 16,5 x 8,5 cmSOLDcontact me
A VERY RARE "PHYSIOGNOMISCHES SILHOUETTEN CABINET"
Or "the fastest way to portray without being able to draw"
Vienna, H.F. Muller, circa 1821
Original cardboard box containing black paper segments to form faces that consists of three pieces; the head, the mouth/chin and the nose. An infinite number of possible faces can be laid out, often caricatural in nature. Twelve heads, 64 noses and chins. The price was at the time 2 Fl. 20 Fr.
10,3 x 11,5 x 2 cmSOLDcontact me
"JEU DE QUIPROQUO" A LARGE METAMORPHOSES GAME
H.Rousseau, Editeur and Lith. H.Jannin, Paris, circa 1865
Original cardboard box containing nine miscellaneous lithographed paper over wooden illustrations consisting of six different segments. Images include a fishmonger, a wigmaker, a "cook", a soldier, a dancer, a gardener, a mother, a fish saleswoman and a "soup" seller. All caricatured with witty texts at top and bottom. All parts are interchangeable and offer many humorous combinations. Packed in two layers. One side of box missing.SOLDcontact me-
"CONTES DES FÉES"
C.H. Le Taille inv et del. Pintard, Paris, circa 1823
Pink boards, coloured lithograph on the first cover (Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf in bed), gilt framing. In 12 oblong, 32 pages. The album includes three tales: Le petit chaperon rouge, Riquet à la houpe and le Petit Poucet. The work ends with a folder containing one lithograph illustration watercoloured and varnished by hand as well as 23 (0f 26) coloured subjects in an envelope to be placed on it. Rubbing to corners and soiling. Rebinding. Working metal clasp.13 x 17 cm
SOLDcontact me 
A PAPER SCHOOL DIORAMA
French, circa 1890
A lovely lithographed background on linen of a classroom. Cut-out paper school desks with pupils, a teacher behind her desk and some individual pupils. Several small damages. In cardboard box with label from the Grands Magasins du Louvre, that has one replaced side.
Background 51 x 16,5 cmSOLDcontact me
AN EARLY JIGSAW PUZZLE
"Hour of entertainment for young girls"
German, circa 1850
Hand coloured lithograph puzzle of girls reading and playing with dolls. Complete, four tabs professionally replaced. In original wooden box with sliding lid, illustration and the title in three languages. Split in bottom of box.
33,5 x 26,5 x 2 cmSOLDcontact me
"GYMNASTICS"
German, circa 1860
Original cardboard box with a beautiful colour illustration on the lid of boys doing gymnastics. Titled in English, German and French. The contents are far from complete; both the number of paper figures and wooden gym equipment is insufficient. The lid of the box is needle and thread reinforced on one side.
37,5 x 24 x 4 cmSOLDcontact me
AN EARLY JIGSAW PUZZLE
"Der Weinachtsabend"
German, circa 1850
Hand coloured puzzle of a domestic family scene around the Christmas tree. Complete, small damages and one corner piece replaced. In original wooden box with sliding lid on which a paper label with the Dutch text "leg-prente" and an example sheet lacking a paper part that the missing puzzle piece is presumably made of.
29 x 21,5 x 1,4 cmSOLDcontact me-
"HET KANSBILJETTENSPEL of de twee SPECULANTEN"
Van Arum, Amsterdam, 1824
Original orange cardboard case containing ten playing cards. These
represent: a man turned to the left with a red bag and a man turned to the right with a black bag (the two speculators), a group of men in front of the entrance gate of the Stock Exchange building, five cards with two rows of dice. Set complete, but slightly smudged.
9,8 x 6,2 x 1,4 cmSOLDcontact me 
"THE DELIGENT CHILDREN"
Probably by G.W. Faber, German, circa 1850
Original paper covered wooden box with sliding lid on which a hand-coloured lithograph of people practising handwriting and drawing at a table and the title in four languages. In it a number of black-and-white examples of humans and animals and a large number of different handwriting/fonts. Probably missing the pens and/or ink. Previous ownership address in ink on lid and bottom of the box.
24 x 19 x 2 cmSOLDcontact me-
A QUESTION- AND ANSWER GAME
J.P.Dreykorn, German, circa 1850
36 coloured and egg white heightened lithographs with trilingual text (18 questions and 18 answers each), originally mounted on cardboard cards. In cardboard box that is not original. The cards somewhat bent and worn, occasionally stained and with creases, but overall in good condition.
10.5 x 6.7 cm eachSOLDcontact me -
SILVER PAPER DOLL FURNITURE
German, circa 1890
Original paper box marked "Puppen Möbel" and a list of furniture to be constructed. In the box, flat silver cardboard construction sheets for folding chairs, a sofa, different tables, a clock, a basket, a newspaper basket, etc. and attaching them by means of a string through the holes in the paper. One or two pieces missing.
23 x 15 x 2 cmSOLDcontact me
