Antique Paper Toys

A French 19th century papier mâché sheep, either a store display, a creche figure or a toy.

Most of these large impressive toys never survived. The fact that these were toys and also made of very delicate Papier-Maché make these rare. I brought this item back from Paris ove...

Oversized Papier Mache Childs Pull Along Toy Horse A larger than the normal example of an early 20th century papier Mache child’s pull along toy horse. Stood on its original pine ba...

Papier Maché ‘Growler’ bulldog pull toy, France, circa 1900 -working growling mechanism- Papier maché, glass, paint, metal chain.

Late 19th century oversized papier maché pull along horse toy We are proud to offer an oversized 19th century Folk Art papier maché pull along horse toy. A handmade example with unu...

For sale in this LOT is a very rare survivor of the mid – 19th century in the form of the “The Highway Man” Toy horse and carriage. A wonderful example of folk art craftsmanship, thi...

Paper mache hand painted figure / doll with poised face. 3 available, sold individually.

1880s French paper doll cutout sheet. Wrapped in a clear plastic wrap.

Child's toy doll, original clothing, hand painted face.

Antique German papier mâché roly poly clown toy by Schoenhut. Measures: 12”.   

Late 19th Century Papier Mache Pull Along Toy A charming example of a late 19th century handcrafted papier Mache pull along toy. With glass eyes and stood on a metal wheel wooden...

This charming original 19th century French Bulldog is a papier mache pull toy with a nodding head and a small pull chain to enable the barking. In remarkable well cared for conditio...

Early 20th century papier mâché Childs milking cow toy We are proud to offer an extremely rare survivor child’s papier mâché milking cow toy. This time would have originally sat on ...

Antique wooden toy upright piano by Bliss with lithograph print featuring an orchestra of cherubs. Eight working wooden keys that strike on a miniature glockenspiel inside.   

Early 20th century French pull along papier mâché toy pig. A highly decorative example of an early 20th century papier mâché pull along toy pig. Larger than the normal examples this...

Schoenhut clown Antique German papier mâché roly poly clown toy by Schoenhut. Dated to the first quarter of the 20th century this item still works when pushed will move back and f...

A French Folk Art papier mâché goat figure, either a toy or a creche figure, 19th century.

Pair of Automaton figures, metal and paper mache with glass eyes and carved teeth.

paper mache hand painted figure / doll with poised face

Papier mâché dogs head We are proud to offer an early 20th century papier mâché dogs head with original glass eyes. This item would likely have been part of child’s pull along toy....

19th century Roullet et Decamps Automaton cow We are proud to offer a rare circa 1880 automaton mooing cow, attributed to Roullet et Decamps and large. This item is rare due to its f...

Early 20th Century Ventriloquists dummy attributed to Herber Brighton A rare example of an early 20th century ventriloquists dummy attributed to Herber Brighton. In sailors’ uniform...

Rare 19th century oversized Erzgebirge Noah’s Ark A rare example of a large 19th century German Noah’s Ark, with numerous over sized animals made from papier mache, pony skin, fur, g...

Late – 19th century lithograph French pine puppet A rare example of a late- 19th century hand carved pine/lithograph French puppet. This naïve yet charming string pull puppet is co...

Early 20th Century English Crying Ventriloquist Dummy He’s just a big cry-baby, An aged example of an early 20th century English crying ventriloquist dummy. This example has metal t...

Elastolin is a trademark used by the German company O&M Hausser (O&M Haußer) for toy soldiers and other types of figures it manufactured from composite mass composed of paper, millin...

This absolutely spellbinding peacock automaton is attributed to the French toy-making company Roullet et Decamps. Its papier mâché body contains a highly elaborate clockwork system t...

Rare pair of 19th century Jack in the box dolls We are proud to offer a very rare pair of original 19th century pair of Papier Mache, lace and linen clothed jack in the box dolls. T...

Pair of 19th century hand painted floral bouquet fixed fans Absolutely beautiful fans with hand painted bouquets of flowers on each. The fans are made of wafer-thin wood panels...

Pair of antique “Skookum (Bully Good) Indian” dolls displayed in a bell jar. Male brave and female squaw with an infant. Measures: Jar - 12.25” x 20.5” / Male doll - 5” x 3.5” x 1...

Little Tommy Tucker the original ventriloquist puppet of Lieutenant Walter Cole along with a vast account of the families archive. A papier mâché and painted small boy ventriloqui...

Unusual Late 19th Century Standing Monkey Figure One of the most unusual and out of the ordinary pieces we have had the pleasure of present in our store. A complete one off and h...

Early-20th Century French Pull along papier Mache figure A very quirky hand-crafted example of an early-20th Century papier Mache French pull along figure. Securely stood on a pine b...

Very large scratch-built derelict ‘Haunted’ Doll’s house, once part of the house contents of Ripley Hall estate in Shropshire, circa 1920. The house is designed in the Tudor style, t...

Early 20th century hand crafted puppet We are proud to offer a lovely example of an early 20th century hand carved French puppet, in the form of a clown. Composite painted head, ha...

An antique stereo viewer set by Underwood & Underwood includes two viewers (one with logo), cards and walnut stand with carved Jenny Lind mask on shaped sides, c1890 Measures: 13"...

Early 20th century juggling clown realized in Germany with painted paper-mache, standing on a paper lined base, equipped with a mechanism, to impress a fun movement.

Jack-in-the-box toys date from 15th century England, but became very prevalent from the middle of the 19th century until present day.

"Antique late Victorian Schoenhut wooden toy upright piano with seven keys, decorated with a Neoclassical lithograph showing Apollo and the Muses flanked by cherubs. The Schoenhu...

This folky hand crafted & painted in black & white paint in a papier mache material is in very good as found condition.

Large scale 19th century felt covered paper mache pig, circa 1890. Possibly French This large whimsical pig has a ton of character. We believe the pig is made from paper cac...

French bulldog growler pull toy, France, circa 1890s. An exceptional example with very expressive face and glass eyes. Pull his chain and his mouth opens and snaps shut and he growls.

A beautiful market stall or shop room box, painted and stained wood with lithographed wall and floor papers, side stair case and upper gallery, a lot of decoration items as toys, chr...

Five beautiful woodblock prints ready for framing. They come shrink wrapped and labeled with descriptive copy. Gift giving suggestion. Japanese five antique woodblock "Hina" d...

The display box features several shelves and is richly furnished with a variety of original accessories from the period—including miniature toys, Christmas ornaments, angels, Santa C...

Japanese five antique woodblock Hina doll and toys woodblock prints from original book, 1915. Immediately frameable Painter: Nishizawa Tekiho, 1915 During Japan's ancient past,...

This antique mechanical toy music box shows no maker's signature, but is presumed to have been made in Germany in approximately 1900 in a period Bohemian style.

Known for their colorful lithographed detail Bliss made doll houses, toys, and learning device toys such as this one which features the image of a particular bird to go along with th...

Collection of early 20th Century hand-crafted puppets We share what we love, and we love this collection of early to mid-20th Century hand carved/crafted puppets. Made from pine ...

Objects from a collection of magic items. They came from an estate in California but from a collection that was accumulated in New York City. It has been wrapped up since the 1940s, ...

Early German late 19th century puzzle blocks, consisting of six different puzzles, with six different scenes, conforming to six different pictures (see images). The cover represents ...

A beautiful pink pig candy container. This nice handmade Candy Container features composition and paper mache body, cardboard head to neck. The head comes off, opening inside compart...

A collection of 3 miniature trunk form candy containers and one hat box form candy box with patent date of 1922. One box with Schrafft's label on verso, wooden ribs and a key. The ha...

This vintage wind up toy musical carousel is a mechanical toy representing a beautiful carousel with moving horses. Made up in hand painted wood. Carillon perfectly working. Pro...

Large private collection of carousel animals, please send message when questions.

The "Milton Berle" car is one of a series of "Crazy Cars" manufactured by the Louis Marx Toy Company of New York City; this one being one of the more prolific examples, owing to the ...

Vintage hard to find "Rolly Dolly" Musical Toy, of German manufacture, circa 1927; depicts a clown by the nickname of "BoBo"; named after a famous clown during that period ----BoBo ...

Made by J. Chein & Company Circa 1935 in New York City; originally inventoried as #258 (same number as similar looking Popeye toy dated 1932) and was named "Mechanical Clown Barrel W...

Large collection of tin 1900s Edwardian miniature toy figures. A few tin houses a shed, gazebo's, flower arches, lots of trees and shrubs. Dovecote, pretty fences, a bench, a parro...

Large Antique Rocking Horse on Curved Wooden Rockers Large carved wooden rocking horse on curved rockers attributed to Lines Brothers; the original paint has been retained with a sma...

This wind up clown on cart and donkey is a vintage wind up toy representing a multicolor clown in a cart and a donkey. Made in tin, made in Ussr. Probably produced in the 1960s. ...

Vintage and rare "Rolly Dolly" Musical Toy by unknown German manufacturer; circa 1895; contemporaneous with early Schoenhut toys, it depicts a "Well Dressed Man With A Bow Tie" (my d...

Proverbial comic character toy of the era "Happy Hooligan" was recreated by the Schoenhut Toy Company at the turn of the century calling them a "Rolly Dolly" that today we call "Roly...

Rare 100 year old French toy in it's original box depicting two acrobats attached to a wire frame with brown barrel weights, cascading down a green metal ladder. Once assembled (loop...

This is a hard to find pre war vintage, Made in America wind up tin toy by The Lindstrom Toy Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, circa 1928-1932. The action is fabulous; when wound ...