A GUNTHERMANN BEETLE
German, circa 1900
Hand painted tin, six legs, very colourful, wind up mechanism, action includes crawling and fluttering wings. The beetle also makes a chirping sound by means of a squeaker.
18 cm long
A GUNTHERMANN BEETLE
German, circa 1900
Hand painted tin, six legs, very colourful, wind up mechanism, action includes crawling and fluttering wings. The beetle also makes a chirping sound by means of a squeaker.
18 cm long
CHARLES ROSSIGNOL PARISIAN WOMAN
French, circa 1900
Hand painted tin woman in blue dress strolling through the streets of Paris, simple hand-spun fly wheel mechanism. Slight paint loss.
8,8 cm high
A BRITAINS FAMOUS FOOTBALL TEAMS SERIES
England, circa
1920
Hand painted hollow-cast, dressed in kit of the football clubs Sheffield United or Sunderland. Complete team with a goalkeeper with moving arms, walking and running players, also with brown football. One player reattached to base, moderate paint loss.
5,5 cm high
A TINPLATE BEETLE
Probably Gunthermann, German, circa 1900
Hand painted tin, six legs, very colourful, wind up mechanism,
crawling and fluttering wings. Moderate paint loss.
19 cm long
PENNY TOY FLOOR TRAIN
French, circa 1880
Hand painted tin without mechanism. Comprising of
a locomotive, a tender and three passengers cars with metal spoke wheels. Some paint loss.
Total length 24 cm
S.I.F. CIRCUS ELEPHANT
French, circa 1915
Lithographed tinplate elephant on wheeled platform. S.I.F. formerly known as Jouets de Paris (JEP).
A TINPLATE GUNTHERMANN FLY
German, circa 1900
Hand painted tin, six legs, wind up mechanism, action includes crawling, fluttering its wings and moving its antennae. The mechanism with the fixed key needs some attention. Some paint loss.
11 cm long
FV LINE INFANTRY MARCHING
French, circa 1890
Hand painted tin soldiers, three with brass instruments.
6,5 cm high, with rifle 9 cm
A PLANT TABLE
German, circa 1890
White painted tin table which includes a watering can and four plant pots by Rock & Graner. Bit of paint loss.
8,5 cm high
A RARE TINPLATE WHEELED DOG
Pobably by Gunthermann, circa 1900
Handpainted dog which "drives" wobbly forward by windup
mechanism. Two large spoke wheels and a small wheel at the back.
Bit of paint loss.
28 cm long