Sold for:
$470
$470
Rare Tower Guild Wooden Sand Toy, circa 1830, miller figure jointed at the arms and hips cranking an eight-blade paddle, activated by sand falling from the bin above, in pine box with label Manufactured by Wm. S. Tower, South Hingham, Mass. Patent Applied for. and shovel, lg. 9 1/2 in. Note: One of the earliest commercial sand toys produced in America. See Bernard Barenholtz / Inez McClintock, (1980), American Antique Toys , p. 276. for a similar toy.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2004-12-09
