#274

German Musical Handwind Toy "Dancing Around the Maypole" by Zinner & Sohne
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11" (28 cm.) w. 11"h. 9"d. A wooden platform with lithographed paper cover and painted ground has an attached backboard with painted country scene. Set in the center of the base is a cut-out circle upon which is arranged a ribbon-decorated maypole and three bisque-head dolls with glass eyes, mohair wigs, pretty silk costumes, wooden lower arms and legs. When wound by porcelain knob at the front, the dolls dance around and music plays. Condition: generally excellent, music and mechanism function well. Comments: Zinner and Sohne, circa 1890. Value Points: delightful charming musical toy in well-preserved state.