Cased Optical Toy With Sailor Figures, late 19th century, rectangular wooden case with mirrored interior, a glass top for viewing, and a crank on the side animating a rotating round tiered platform with German made wooden sailors and rooster-headed figures, with three American flags, ht. 11, wd. 14, dp. 9 3/4 in. Some losses to the paper-lined bottom of the interior.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-11-08
Zoetrope Optical Toy, late 19th century, probably handmade, the wallpaper-covered pressed-paper drum rests on a round stepped wooden base, with fourteen early 20th century double-sided Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-08-14
Optical Toy, England/France, 19th century, formed as a two round glass slides, one printed with a couple walking through the woods, the other with a Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2009-01-10
(Optical Toy), Perspectivische Ansicht des Tunnels unter der Themse von Rotherhithe nach Wapping, London , the peep show with eight compartments depicting pedestrian and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-11-18
Cinématographe Optical Toy, early 20th century, with card viewing box, crank, weight and three sets of picture flip books (boxers, chefs, and acrobats), in original Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-03-24
Cast iron bell toy with a soldier and a sailor, 9 3/4" l. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2013-09-07
Lehmann Tin Toy Sailor and The Balky Mule in Box, sailor with side-to-side action, soles of shoes with patent information, ht. 7 1/2; the mule Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-10-12
George Sheridan Knowles (British, 1863-1931). "Young Sailor Boy", oil on canvas, signed lower right "G. Sheridan Knowles". Painting depicts a young blonde boy dressed in Read more…
Auctioneer:
Ahlers & Ogletree Auction Gallery
Date:
2015-03-21
GERMAN MADE COMPOSITION TOY SOLDIERS AND LEAD/PEWTER MACKINAC FIGURES, 120 PCS.:consisting Lineol post WWI, German made composition toy soldiers including aid station figures with tent, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2010-06-11
Three Optical Paper Toys, Holland and Germany, one c. 1820-30s, with eight triangular transformation pictures on heavy stock, each with three segments, complete, in marbled Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2005-05-03
Cased Shellwork Sailor's Valentine, probably Barbados, 19th century, comprised of two octagonal halves, the left half with shells arranged around a heart motif, the right Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-08-08
