TIN TOYS

A BOXED J.C. ALLGEYER TIN KNIGHTS' TOURNAMENT
German, circa 1850
Hand painted flat tin figures and structures, comprising of five fences, a lodge for the king, two orchestra stalls with musicians, two lodges for honoured visitors (the canopy of one is broken), various knights fighting on horseback and on foot. Some paint loss. In wooden box with sliding lid, on top a coloured lithographic illustration and the description in three languages. The lid a little bended.

Box 19 x 14 x 4,2 cm

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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

€ 300contact me
A LITHOGRAPHED TIN CHRISTMAS TREE CANDLE HOLDER
German, circa 1910
Two sided, depicting a family around a christmas tree, the children palying with their toys. Hinged sprung clip. Clip is strong and functional.

4,7 x 4,7 x 3,4 cm

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A VERY RARE SET OF FOUR LARGE SCALE MEDIEVAL KNIGHTS
Carl Ludwig Besold? Nuremberg, circa 1840
Highly detailed painted doubled sided flat cast lead knights on horseback with articulated arms holding lance and shield and visors that can be raised and lowered. Some paint wear. Not marked, the same examples not found.

9,3 x 2,2 x 10,8 cm

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A WOODEN BOX WITH MAGNETIC FISH
Wilhelm Burucker, Nuremberg, circa 1785
Four hand painted copper fish and a red magnetic rod on a stick. In original wooden box. All fish damaged, the magnet no longer works. Along with it a larger fish in a cardboard box with a glass lid. This one is in slightly better condition, but also quite damaged. Sold at Emon's, Hay Market, London, according to the paper label underneath the wood box.

Box 14,7 x 10,7 x 4,2 cm

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A BOXED TIN VILLAGE
Probably Haffner, German, after 1867
Painted 3/4 massive tin and sheet metal, village consisting of five houses, three farm buildings, a shed, a doghouse and a church, eighteen various trees, a water well, a dovecote, a large amount of mainly farm animals and fifteen figures. Some paint loss, church is missing its front door. In wooden box covered with embossed paper, with sliding lid.

36 x 27,5 x 9 cm

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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

€ 1600contact me
AN EXTREMELY SMALL CARETTE STEAM ENGINE
German, circa 1911
An upright non-working miniature model of a vertical boiler steam engine; flywheel, piston, and valves and even the original burner. This is the second smallest version of this Carette steam engine.

4,7 cm tall

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A HANDPAINTED TINPLATE GUNTHERMANN
MOTHER AND CHILD
German, circa 1905
The mother holds the little girl in her arms and lifts her, then drops her and lifts her arms again. Motor a bit distorted, but spring and gears seem ok, in working order.

17,5 cm high

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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
€ 450contact me
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

€ 225contact me
A HAND PAINTED TIN GUNTHERMANN ACROBAT
German, circa 1910
Wind-up mechanism in arms, very delicate, but still working, paint loss.
12 x 6 x 17 cm

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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

€ 400contact me
A GUNTHERMANN WIND UP PARROT
German, circa 1900
Hand painted tinplate, on a wheeled platform, some paint loss.

22,5 cm wide

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