#185

German Wooden Butcher Shop with Rare Meats
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$4,000
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15" (38 cm.) h. x 25"l. x 15"d. A wooden-framed two-room butcher shop has original cream and green painted facade and exterior walls,single multi-paned side window,originally painted interior walls with a ceiling border of pigs,and original paper flooring. The shop is fitted with attached shelving on three walls supporting metal racks with meat hooks. There are three additional cabinets and a front counter and chair. The shelves are laden with tinned foods and stoneware jars of labeled foods,and suspended from the racks are a vast number of cuts of meat,each of paper mache with painted and waxed finish. There are scales,cash register,slicers,and other tools,and a bisque woman and man with moustache stand in attendance. The waxed meats are extremely rare. Shop is in fair/good condition,unrestored. The contents are excellent. Germany,circa 1900.