A RARE TIN BEACH SCENE
Nuremberg, circa 1880
Hand painted 3/4 massive tin figures in bathing suits, fully dressed ladies and gentlemen strolling and sitting on a bench, a lady with an easel painting, children playing on the beach, building a sand castle, a figure sailing and a lot of figures swimming.
Changing cubicle on wheels 7 cm high
A WUNDERLICH STEAM ACCESSORY
German, circa 1890
Hand painted tin clown in a barrel, holding a hoop, that turns round.
17 cm high
A GUNTHERMANN HAND PAINTED TIN CHICKEN
German, circa 1900
Wind-up mechanism working, standing on a three-wheeled base, 'walks' and flaps its wings, some paint loss.
15 cm high
A FRANCKEN & Co CHOCOLATE TIN
Koog a/d Zaan, Holland, circa 1910
Beautifully lithagraphed rectangular tin depicting animals dressed as circus figures.
11,2 x 7,2 x 3,3 cm
A NINE-PIECE FAIVRE (FV) TABLE TRAIN
French, circa 1880
Hand painted tinplate set including a locomotive, a tender and seven (!) carriages in different colours. Some defects and probably some wheels replaced.
Total length 80 cm
A HAND PAINTED TIN GUNTHERMANN DUCK
German, circa. 1910
Wind-up mechanism still working, on three spoked wheels, a little paint loss.
13 cm long
GUSTAVE VICHY TRICYCLE AUTOMATON
French, circa 1860
Bisque-headed boy with black painted hair, carton body, wooden arms, block wooden and wire legs under sewn on costume, metal feet. Seated upon an iron tricycle with two large spoked wheels in the back and a smaller in front from which the pedals protrude. A wind-up mechanism is in the covered tinplate compartment between the two larger wheels. The boy pedals vigorously and the cycle moves forward and in circles. Works but original key missing. Some paint of the tinplate missing and silk clothes discoloured and a bit worn. Completely original.
21,5 x 10 x 19,5 cm
A HAND PAINTED TIN GYROSCOPIC PLATFORM TOY
French, circa.1900
A safari rider on a camel, movement by a flywheel not functioning properly. Loss of colour.
18,5 x 6,5 x 18,5 cm
A PAIR OF MILITARY PENNY TOYS
German, circa 1910
An ambulance and a field kitchen, lithographed tinplate. Small damages, ambulance missing its horses.
12 cm long
TWELVE LITHOGRAPHED TINPLATE MÄRKLIN SPINNING TOPS
German, circa
1900-1920
Consisting of flowers, a butterfly, disc tops, a humming top, a flying top, a lemon and a pear, three black and multicoloured two layered tops and three driving sticks in different sizes.
Largest diam 15 cm
A HAND PAINTED TIN ROOSTER
German, circa 1900
Wind-up mechanism working, standing on a three-wheeled base, bellows not working anymore, some paint loss.
15 cm high
