Rare German Wooden Dollhouse with Tower by Moritz Gottschalk

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35"w. x 33"h. including tower x 19" total depth (11"d. house only,without porch or base). A fine wooden two-story doll house has a painted exterior to simulate stonework on the lower floor and front center facade,and brick work on the second floor. There is a detachable viewing tower with steeple roof that is painted brown as are the front porch pillars and window frames and trim. The tower rests upon a foundation of alcoves that are set-out from the two lower floors. The roof is painted a very dark blue as are the porch rooms and base,and the center facade has an unusual arched crest with "carved" detail. There is a bay window at the side. The house opens at the center with two wide swinging panels,and the attic space is accessed by removal of the tower. The interior offers four rooms with a center foyer and staircase; the tower set-outs offer additional space as small seating alcoves when the front is opened. Doors open into each room,and the windows are fitted with curtains which are old and perhaps original. The walls have original paint,and the floors are particularly fine with lithographed paper parquet designs,including a unique circular parquet in the living room which is repeated in a tiny scale on the alcove floor. Excellent condition,the steeple roof may be replaced,and there may be some overpaint to roof and base,but otherwise original. Germany,Moritz Gottschalk,early-20th century. A signed variation of this model is on exhibit at AngelÞs Attic Museum in California,and is shown in Ackerman's The Genius of Moritz Gottshalk