#100

Toy Loterie from Magasin des Enfants
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$1,150
sold
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36" (91 cm). A spinning roulette wheel is attached to the back of a small table that is laden with a large number of doll and toy prizes including toy dishes, dolls, shoes, toy watch labeled "H.H. Paris", ornaments, animals and such. The roulette wheel is decorated with carved dominoes and the table is decorated with silk ribbons. An original store label at the back indicates its original purchase from the luxury Parisian toy store, Magasin des Enfants, located at Passage de L'Opera, and that the store had won medals at the Vienna and Paris Expositions of 1873 and 1878.