ERZGEBIRGE SHEPHERD AND HIS SHEEP
German, circa 1880–1900
Hand-painted composition shepherd on wood base and seven assorted wooden sheep in a period bentwood box.
Shepherd 10 cm tall
WOODEN TOYS
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€ 130contact me 
A SMALL WOODEN VILLAGE
Erzgebirge, circa 1880-1900
Consisting of hand-painted and stamped wooden houses, including a church, a town hall and several trees.
Church 13,5 cm high.€ 250contact me
A BOY FEEDING HIS NODDING DONKEY PULL TOY
Thuringia, circa 1850
A flocked grey nodding donkey with tinplate ears, string tail and
a seated boy, both on a wooden platform with wooden wheels.
14,5 cm long€ 575 contact me
AN EARLY WOODEN MARKET
Erzgebirge, mid 19th Century
Painted wooden market with covered stalls, two with counters and two without, several vendors with two baskets of goods and two sellers with tables on which their wares are displayed. Some wear and small restorations.
Covered shops and tallest figures are 7 cm highSOLDcontact me
A SOLDIER'S GUARDHOUSE
Erzgebirge, circa 1890
Hand-painted wooden house with paper covered roof and part of the facade. Including three wooden soldiers of 10 cm high. Dutch paper flag not original.
19 x 14 x 26 cmSOLDcontact me
A SET OF FIVE BRISTLE TOYS
German, circa 1875
Carved and hand painted wooden figures with hanging legs, standing on four bristles which elevate their feet, so they move when whatever surface they are placed on, vibrates.
Without bristles 5,5 cm tallSOLDcontact me
A SET OF FIVE WOODEN PUPPETS
German, circa 1875
Hand-painted and carved wooden heads, hands and lower legs. Originally dressed. Consisiting of Punch and Judy, the devil, the bad guy and another figure (?). Some paint loss.
40 - 50 cm tall€ 700contact me
A CHRISTIAN HACKER HORSE STABLE
German, circa 1880
Hand-painted wooden structure with tiled painted lift off roof featuring a beautifully lithographed paper frieze. At the front is a small room with a curtain and stables for two horses and at the rear is space for the carriage. Glass windows on three sides and two opening doors on the right-hand side. Includes two wooden horses and a yellow-painted carriage, which was most likely also made by Hacker.35 x 34 x 34 cm
SOLDcontact me
THREE WOODEN FIGURES WITH JUMPING SPRINGS
German, circa 1875
Hand-painted and carved bodies and legs, papier-mâché heads with painted facial features, each representing a different nationality. A spring is inside the body so that when the figures are pressed onto a flat surface, they spring up.9,3 cm tall
SOLDcontact me
A HAND PAINTED WOODEN SPINNING TOP
Early 19th century
A turned wooden whistling spinning top, painted with two
Chinese people in landscape on blue ground, multicoloured
stripes and separate original launcher.
19 cm high€ 275 contact me
STEREOMETRIE oder Gründliche Darstellungen de Körperlehre
(Stereometry, or, The art of measuring solid bodies)
German, circa 1835
Original paper covered wooden box with hand-printed coloured label
on the sliding lid, showing a child receiving instruction in geometry
and with titles in French, German and English. 45 shapes (including cuboids, parallelepiped, tetrahedra, sphere, cone, cylinder, cubes, triangular prism, icosahedron, dodecahedron, etc) and a ruler. Some branded with letters, some with (later) pencil marks. Complete.
25 x 23 x 7 cm€ 800contact me
A VERY EARLY CULBUTO OR ROLY POLY
Probably made in the Erzgebirge, circa 1820
Red painted wooden ball containing a piece of lead, which ensures that when the ball moves, it always ends up upright again. Wooden body with painted wooden head, covered with fabric clothing and wearing a black top hat with a feather. Rare and early example.
6,3 cm high€ 550contact me
A SET OF SMALL SIZE WRESTLERS/POLITICIANS
Wiesenthal, Schindler and Kallenberg, German, circa 1870
Hand-painted and modelled wooden and paper mache figures, arms
of lithographed paper. Hanging from metal rods that could well be original. On one figure a piece broken off from both feet, the other misses a small piece of the nose. This is a smaller version of the ones usually seen.
Figures 17 cm long€ 250contact me
A SNAKE IN A CASE SURPRISE TOY
19th Century
Hand painted wooden cylindrical case with floral decoration. When openend a snake made of green painted bone/wood pops out.
12,5 cm long€ 150contact me
A CIRCUS CARRIAGE
Grodnertal, circa 1880
A carriage with three cages, with bars on the front (one is missing) and hinged doors on the back. On cast iron spoked wheels. The semi-circular roof is made of cardboard. In the cages are three carved wooden wild animals. Some light wear.
27,3 x 13,5 x 15 cm€ 250contact me
A POSTAL LORRY WITH ITS TRAILER
German, circa 1920
Yellow, grey and black painted wooden vehicle with four wheels and
a painted post horn on both sides, attached with a metal hook the
trailer with two wheels and also a painted post horn. Reflecting the
art style of this period, but in this case with rounded corners as well.
15 cm long€ 145contact me
A LARGE WOODEN HOBBY HORSE
Late 19th Century
Painted wooden head with two handles on both sides, on wooden stick with a wooden wheel at the end. A very popular toy for centuries, but seldom seen.
115 cm long€ 300contact me
A KAKELORUM
Polychrome wood. Green/blue spiral, head of king with brown hair, cream colored face and cloak, orange crown. Scoring surface is cream colored with black written numbers.
18 cm high€ 825contact me
AN ERZGEBIRGE FARM
German, circa 1860-1900
Four painted wooden farm houses with blue roofs. Added three trees, four wooden animals and five figures of later date. All in contemporary pinewood box.
Largest building 10,4 x 3 x 9,3 cmSOLDcontact me
A RARE ACROBATIC BALANCING TOY
Grödnertal, circa 1850
Set consisting of two painted and carved figures, one standing
on the head of the other. Weights cause the top acrobat to swing
back and forth.
15,5 cm highSOLDcontact me
A TWO STOREY NOAH'S ARK PAINTED WOOD PULL TOY
Erzgebirge, circa 1870
Large ark with stenciled paint, hinged lithographed paper roof with
a latch on one side to hold the animals inside and metal wheeled platform. Comes with various size hand painted wooden animals,
minor flaws, such a single missing ear or part of leg, but they can
almost all stand. The deck around the second story is missing,
hinges replaced by leather straps.
57 cm x 19,5 cm x 29 cmSOLDcontact me
A SET OF TEN VARIOUS BRISTLE DOLLS
German, circa 1875-1890
Carved and hand painted wooden figures with hanging legs, standing
on four bristles which elevate their feet, so they move when whatever surface they are placed on, vibrates. Some bristles replaced and two heads glued back on. In oval shaped contemporary box.
Without bristles 4 - 5,5 cm tallSOLD contact me
A COW ON WHEELS PULL TOY
Felt covered cow on wheeled wood platform base with lead
wheels, leather ears, lead horns, glass eyes, leather collar, cow
makes moo sound when head is pulled to the side. Including
original leather drawstring. Missing one horn.
25 x 9 x 24 cmSOLDcontact me
A PAIR OF WOODEN SKITTLES
French, circa 1870
Hand painted and carved wooden heads of soldiers.
Some wear.
26 cm highSOLDcontact me
A SMALL MORITZ GOTTSCHALK WAREHOUSE
German, circa 1910
Lithographed paper covered wooden structure with one
opening door, painted blue roof and brown platform.
19,5 x 14 x 34 cmSOLD contact me
A SET OF THREE BRISTTLE HORSERIDERS
German, circa 1875
Carved and hand painted wooden figures on horses with hanging legs, standing on six bristles which elevate their feet, so they move when whatever surface they are placed on, vibrates. Multiple small parts missing.
Without bristles 6 cm tallSOLDcontact me
AN ALL-WOODEN MANNEQUIN/LAY FIGURE
Grödnertal, circa 1900
A completely articulated pinewood doll.
33 cm tallSOLD contact me
A EUROPEAN "SCHOENHUT" TIGER
Circa 1910
Carved and painted wood, with glass eyes, open mouth, leather ears and original twisted twine tail. Painted dark orange/brown with black stripes. It has a pretty primitive appearance compared to the tiger from Schoenhut's Humpty Dumpty Circus.
19 cm longSOLDcontact me
A EUROPEAN "SCHOENHUT" LEOPARD
Circa 1910
Carved and painted wood, with glass eyes, open mouth, leather ears and original twisted rope tail. Painted light yellow/cream with black dots. It looks a lot like the leopard from Schoenhut's Humpty Dumpty Circus, It differs mainly in colour and may have a slightly friendlier appearance.
19 cm longSOLDcontact me
WOODEN HOUSES ORIGINATING FROM THE DRESDEN CITY SET
German, circa 1860
Seventeen hand painted all rectangular houses in different width.
With front and back painted and stamped differently. In oval shaped bentwood box.
8 cm highSOLDcontact me
