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Tin Plate Toys

Toy Acrobatic Rocking Painted Tin Plate Clown
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Toy acrobatic rocking painted tin plate clown A great little piece, handmade based on a
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Toys

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Tin

Late 19th Century English Folk Art Articulated Jig Doll
Located in London, GB
traditional wooden or tin-plate toys for adults or children. They are dolls with loose limbs that step dance
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Antique 1890s British Victorian Toys

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Leather, Pine, Paint

English Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
tin-plate ‘toys’ for adults or children. Obtained from a private collection in London and untouched in
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Vintage 1920s British Folk Art Toys

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Pine

English Jigger Doll
English Jigger Doll
H 11 in W 3 in D 1.5 in
Early 20th Century Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
or les gigueux are old and established wooden or tin – plate “toys” for adults and children alike
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Vintage 1930s British Folk Art Toys

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Pine

Early 20th Century Jigger Doll
Early 20th Century Jigger Doll
H 11 in W 3 in D 2 in
Late 19th Century English Folk Art Jig Doll
Located in London, GB
, painted Folk Art English jigger doll example. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate 'toys' for
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Antique 1890s English Folk Art Toys

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Wood

Vintage Mechanical tin plated wind up Sparrow Bird toy - 1960's - China
Located in EINDHOVEN, NL
Vintage wind-up Sparrow toy with a mechanical tinplated clockwork mechanism - 1960s Manufactured in
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Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Toys and Dolls

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Metal, Sheet Metal, Tin

Vintage Pre-War Wind-Up Toy "Boy on Motorcycle Delivery Truck" by Marx
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in Incline Village, NV
This brightly lithographed tin wind-up toy in colors of red, yellow, and blue, with a driver
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Vintage 1930s Folk Art Toys

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Tin

Large Pressed Steel Soviet Crane Truck Toy ZIS 150, 1960s
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large 1960s Pressed Steel - Tin Plate Soviet Toy Truck. A Toy Crane Truck - Construction
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Industrial Toys and Dolls

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Steel

Tipp & Co Clockwork Motorcycle With Rider & Pillion Passenger
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
rider and female pillion passenger. The clockwork toy cycle with very high-quality tin pressing
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Vintage 1920s Sporting Art Toys and Dolls

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Tin

Tipp & Co Clockwork Motorcycle With Rider & Pillion Passenger
Tipp & Co Clockwork Motorcycle With Rider & Pillion Passenger
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H 6.7 in W 9.45 in D 1.97 in
Early 20th Century English Folk Art Jigger Doll
Located in London, GB
a full articulated figure. Jig dolls are traditional wooden or tin-plate toys for adults or
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Vintage 1930s British Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Pine, Paint

Sculpture, statue, garden, wirework, sheep, life-size, folk art, animal, unique
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
and Silver Wireworkers, and the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers, or Wireworkers. By the mid
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2010s English Folk Art Animal Sculptures

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Wire

Fox Sculpture Wirework Garden `Ornament
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers, or Wireworkers. By the mid-16th century, there were at least
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2010s English Animal Sculptures

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Wire

Fox Sculpture Wirework Garden `Ornament
Fox Sculpture Wirework Garden `Ornament
H 11.03 in W 35.83 in D 5.91 in

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19th century Edo period's Hanging scroll Samurai players and child dancer
Located in Chiba, JP
Description - Hanging scroll with quite a surreal scene of the music and dance performance with two seated samurais and a child actor on a go-game-board who plays a role of dancing s...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

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Paper

'Plissé White Edition' Pleated Textile Table Lamp by Folkform for Örsjö
By Örsjö Industri AB
Located in Glendale, CA
'Plissé White Edition' pleated textile table lamp by Folkform for Örsjö. This unique table lamp was awarded “Lighting of the Year 2022” by Residence Magazine Sweden, who called it “...
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21st Century and Contemporary Swedish Mid-Century Modern Table Lamps

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Textile

JENNY Large Wall Light or Sconce in Enamel & Brass by Blueprint Lighting
By Blueprint Lighting, Mathieu Matégot, Stilnovo
Located in New York, NY
Introducing Jenny, the latest vintage-inspired fixture from Blueprint Lighting. Named for multi-hyphenate Jenny Mollen; NYT best-selling author, actress, design enthusiast, mom of ...
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2010s American Mid-Century Modern Wall Lights and Sconces

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Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Nickel

Extensive Assembled Meissen Blue and White Bird Model Dinner Service, circa 1890
Located in New York, NY
Each piece painted in underglaze-blue and heightened in gilding with an exotic bird perched upon peony branches, comprising: an oval soup tureen, cover and two stands, an 18" oval pl...
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Antique 1890s German Dinner Plates

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Porcelain

Collection of Three Vintage Wooden Toys
Located in Port Chester, NY
Charming collection of vintage wooden toys from England The big blue British Rail engine is from Nicol Toys, an early wooden toy company in Robertsbridge Sussex, England. Great for d...
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Vintage 1930s English Toys and Dolls

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Paint, Wood

Charming French Papier Mache and Wood Large Antique Horse, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
With original leather bridle, saddle, head-dress and accompanying booklet. A wonderful thing, beautiful patina.
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Antique 19th Century French Toys and Dolls

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Leather, Wood, Paper

San Francisco Trolley Toy Friction Car. Japan, circa 1950s
Located in Incline Village, NV
San Francisco trolley toy Friction cable car; made of all tin; important to note because this was the first of it's kind having been made in the 1950s. They were all tin (no plastic)...
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Folk Art Toys

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Tin

18th C, Baroque style, Mythology, Muses Erato and Euterpe with Amor and Swans
Located in brussel, BE
The painting copies a reproduction print after a painting by the French artist Nicolas Vleughels (Paris, 1668-Rome,1737). Edme Jeaurat made the print from 1719. Erato -the muse of lo...
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18th Century French School Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

19th Century, Monumental Carved Boiserie Panels from Lartington Hall
Located in London, GB
The Lartington hall carved Boiserie panels by Signor Anton Leone Bulletti. A highly important suite of eight carved and patinated wood panels commissioned by Monsignor Thomas Edw...
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Antique 19th Century English Renaissance Revival Panelling

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Wood, Pine

1930s Austrian Horse Toy
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
Beautiful 1930s Austrian horse toy. Wonderful patina.
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Folk Art Toys and Dolls

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Bentwood

1930s Austrian Horse Toy
1930s Austrian Horse Toy
H 25 in W 29 in D 9 in
Saint Paul, Carved and Polychromed Wood. Spanish School, 16th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Spanish school of the sixteenth century. "Saint Paul". Carved and polychrome wood. Devotional image of a round piece carved in wood, polychrome and gilded, representing the Apostle ...
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Antique 16th Century Spanish Renaissance Religious Items

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Other

Early 20th Century Jigger Doll “Norman”
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century Jigger Doll “Norman” We are proud to offer a charming early 20th century hand carved English articulated jigger doll, whom we have lovely names Norman. Norman i...
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Vintage 1930s British Folk Art Toys

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Pine

Six Kobe Toys, Japanese, Meiji Period, circa 1900
By Kobe Toys
Located in Incline Village, NV
Kobe Toys are very mysterious and not much is known about them. They were created and hand made during the Meiji period in Japan, which covered the years 1868 until 1912. These parti...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Folk Art Toys

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Ebony

Japanese Antique Wooden Kokeshi Doll 1970s Height48cm
Located in Paris, FR
This is a Japanese Kokeshi doll made with wood. It was made around 1970s in showa era. These wooden dolls from Tohoku region (northern Japan) are composed of a round or cylindrical h...
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japan 1950s Museum Bronze Over Life-Size "Male Reborn” Koga Tadao, 84"
Located in South Burlington, VT
Japan an important 84" Tall life-size sculpture of "Male Reborn" by midcentury master sculptor Koga Tadao (Meiji 36 (1903) to Showa 54 (1979). For further information please call D...
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20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Sculptures and Carvings

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Bronze

American Folk Art Carved Cat Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A whimsical and bold 20th century American Folk Art cared wood sculpture depicting a stylized seated cat with a long neck, expressive face, and a beautiful chip carved surface. It cr...
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20th Century American Folk Art Animal Sculptures

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Pine

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German "Magic Lantern" Complete, in it's Original Box, Never Used, Early 1900s
Located in Petaluma, CA
early type of image projector employing pictures painted on transparent plates, usually made of glass
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau Historical Memorabilia

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Tin

Alfa Romeo P2 Tinplate Toy
By Compagnie Industrielle du Jouet
Located in London, GB
A scarce large size, tin-plate toy of an Alfa Romeo P2 of second series, made by CIJ (Compagnie
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Toys and Dolls

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Rubber

Alfa Romeo P2 Tinplate Toy
Alfa Romeo P2 Tinplate Toy
H 8.5 in W 22 in D 6 in
Antique Tin Wind-Up Toy by The Ferdinand Strauss Corp; Man, Mule & Wagon; c1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique wind up toy by The Ferdinand Strauss Corp. offers painted tin plate construction and
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Early 20th Century Toys and Dolls

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Tin

"Santa Claus Cycle" Wind Up Toy with Original Box, Japan, circa 1955
Located in Incline Village, NV
, yellow, and flesh tones. Santa is celluloid; rest of the toy is tin, including the attached balloon
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Folk Art Toys

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Tin

Boxed Mercedes Benz 300 SE Toy Model by Ichiko Japan, 1980s
Located in Antwerp, BE
is even still with it. This tin toy car was made by Ichiko Japan in the 1980s. It's a large
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Late 20th Century Japanese Toys and Dolls

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Tin

Lehman "Tut-Tut" Clockwork Car with Driver, German, Patented 1903
By E.P. Lehman Co.
Located in Incline Village, NV
All original condition, this popular tin plate child's toy from the early 1900s, when wound up will
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Antique Early 1900s German Folk Art Toys

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Tin

CIJ Tin Litho Clockwork Renault Fregate, Rare
By Jic
Located in Peekskill, NY
, greyish green, with opening driver’s door, lacks rear seat assembly, steerable front wheels, plated
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Vintage 1950s French Industrial Toys and Dolls

Rare Miniature Horse Sterling Silver and Mother of Pearl Sculpture by Watrous
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Originally Watrous made bells and iron nickel-plated toys, this is a rare example of one of his
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Early 20th Century North American Animal Sculptures

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Sterling Silver

Sculpture, statue, garden, wirework, sheep, life-size, folk art, animal, unique
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
and Silver Wireworkers, and the Worshipful Company of Tin Plate Workers, or Wireworkers. By the mid
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2010s English Folk Art Animal Sculptures

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Wire

Folk Art Tin Plate Hand Made Locomotive And Tender
By Tyrus Brown
Located in Bedford, NY
HAND MADE BY TYRUS BROWN IN 19TH CENTURY - TIN PLATE LOCOMOTIVE AND TENDER- ALL TIN PLATE WITH WOOD
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Antique 19th Century American Toys

Folk Art Toy Of Noah"s Arc And Inhabitants
Located in Bedford, NY
HAND MADE ARC AND ANIMALS BY TYRUS BROWN, TIN PLATE AND PAINT. WOOD BOTTOM FOR SUPPORT- 10 PAIRS
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20th Century American Toys

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Paint

1890s Vintage English Enamel Ware ABC Plate with Clock and Numbers
Located in Milan, IT
Vintage enamel ware ABC Plate with Clock and Numbers made for kids in England in 1890c.
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Antique 1890s English Victorian Toys and Dolls

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Enamel, Tin

Art Deco Louis Marx Wind Up Toy Tin Plane, Train, New York Skyline, 1928
By Louis Marx and Company
Located in ., Gloucestershire
This rare and colorful working Marx mechanical wind up tin plate toy was produced by Louis Marx and
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20th Century American Art Deco Toys and Dolls

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Tin

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Tin Plate Toys For Sale on 1stDibs

Find a variety of tin plate toys available on 1stDibs. Frequently made of metal, wood and pine, all tin plate toys available were constructed with great care. We have 10 antique and vintage tin plate toys in-stock, while there are 2 modern editions to choose from as well. Tin plate toys have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. folk art, Art Deco and industrial tin plate toys are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made tin plate toys over the years, but those made by Johann Distler KG are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Tin Plate Toys?

Tin plate toys can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $1,537, while the lowest priced sells for $492 and the highest can go for as much as $19,243.

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