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Description
5 1/2" (14 cm.) h. boy on dog. Each is of paper mache with leather or cloth enclosed bellows base that causes the toy to squeak when squeezed. Included are a boy riding a dog, a lady standing in a chicken yard with bird cage and seven birds or chickens, a baby in a cradle, a boy on a rooster, and a hunch-backed Polichinelle sitting alongside a cricket and having added mechanical action of his right arm. Condition: very good to excellent, some darkening, one bird head missing. Comments: Germany, circa 1875. Value Points: rare and delightful early toys with amusing themes.