Collection of 1900-Era German Toys and Amusements

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8" (20 cm.) rooster coop. Including a wooden framed rooster coop containing a feathered rooster which pops out and "crows" when door is opened; paper mache clown with spring-shaped top hat and torso as jack-in-the-box; pair of paper mache boy and girl with sculpted Dutch caps, jointing at shoulders and hips, original costumes and buckets; paper mache horse with saddle in galloping pose; paper mache rocking horse, tiny box with gilt lettering "Max und Moritz" in which tiny metal figures of the imps are hidden; tin lunch pail with skating scene; little all-bisque boy with swivel head; and oval bentwood box with painted duck scene containing four twirling dolls. Excellent condition. Germany, early 1900s.