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"Palm Court Orchestra"
Lead figures from the Orchestra, the pianist with a grand piano, the cellist and the fiddler, and in the background a palm tree. view details
Filling Station
Filling and service station, painted tin-plate. Marks: Meccano Ltd. Car, by Dinky Toys, c.1930 view details
Speed Boat
Made with clockwork mechanism, painted tin-plate. Marks: CKO Made in Germany view details
Logging Set
Tractor and log trailer, painted tin-plate. Marks: "Animate Toy" Made in U. S. A. USA Patent June 20, 1916. With original box. view details
Dolls
The two eldest wax dolls are very similar, they are wearing printed dresses with caps and straw hats. The smallest doll has a rag body and composition lower limbs and... view details
Jigsaw Puzzle
Twenty-seven flat wooden bricks, with two halves of animals on the top. These can be moved with a small wooden knob in the middle of each brick. Size: Approx: 5 x... view details
Doll
Composition head, with brown curly hair wig, brown inset eyes, open mouth showing top and bottom teeth and tongue. Wearing pantaloons and a mauve checked silk dress... view details
Toy Train
Train set in painted wood. The sloping track, carriages, engine and tender fit into a box marked "This train belonged to John Pease". He was eldest son of... view details
Jigsaw puzzle - "The Smashed Up Locomotive"
Jigsaw puzzle with 44 very large pieces. Picture of an American engine. view details