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$800
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Description
18" (46 cm.) x 18"h. x 15"d. The wooden box base service as the toy theatre floor,and encloses
the side and back walls when they are unfolded and placed inside; the walls are covered,both
front and back,with superb lithographed scenes of eager theatre-goers waiting tor the curtain to
arise,the stage and curtain,and the orchestra. The curtain panel on the stage is designed to fall
open revealing an opaque curtain behind that was designed for play performances with the black
heavy-stock silhouette figures that are included. The silhouettes include people,animals,and
props,mostly with hinges moving parts,and also included are several theatre programs,and the
(very worn) lid of the original box. The contents are very good to excellent. The box lid has
original store label of E. W. Matthes of Berlin. Circa 1890.