Composition Toys

One of the more rare Automaton pieces, “Ethiopian Flutist” was manufactured circa 1870 and was a signature piece aimed at the wealthy international clientele attending the 1878 Paris...

Vintage "Rolly Dolly" Clown Toy of German manufacture, circa 1910; capitalizing on the popularity of the circus clown during that time period. For collectors, this would be a diminu...

Antique 19th century SFBJ 60 Paris 2 French bisque doll with sleep eyes, brown hair, and articulated jointed limbs, dressed in floral dress and bonnet wit...

French cabinet of conjuring tricks, vintage magic show by J.L Paris A vintage set with a mini mirrored theatre and lots of tricks from with 10 page...

A French papier-mâché toy horse on board with wheels, French 19th century.

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

One hundred late 19th-early 20th century doll hands on stand A curious assortment of one hundred doll hands of various size on a Japanese lacquer stand. Porcelain, composition, pai...

Jack-in-the-box toys date from 15th century England, but became very prevalent from the middle of the 19th century until present day. This rare black themed toy Jack-in-The-Box, circa 1890, is in all original hand paint and condition with no restoration or touch up. It is made of lithographed paper applied to thin wood, with a figure of a black man inside, who would have popped out of the box upon release, startling the unexpected viewer (should not be operated as such today). The composition figure is hand painted with black hair, a brown face, white eyes with black pupils, and reddish orange lips. He is wearing red felt clothing with a white lace color. There is a slight chip to the nose of the figure (see image). It is of similar manufacture as that of a German Noah's Arks of the same period with the applied paper and thin wood, and similarly, unmarked. The condition is very good overall, the paper is solidly intact albeit, there are some paper losses (see images), the figure is still spring loaded, his clothing is original and very good; and other than the small chip on the nose, there is almost complete coverage of paint to the figure. Dimensions: the box is a 3 3/4" cube...

Three figures; a fish on each end and a Chinese man in the middle are waiting to be knocked down by the toss of a bean bag. This type of game would have been prevalent in carnivals d...

This rare and all original walking Santa Claus clockwork toy was manufactured in about 1890 and is probably of French manufacture, due to the lead feet and hand painted composition h...

American manufacture; this colorful hand-painted still bank depicting Uncle Sam is all original with no repairs and no repaint. Fabulous crazing throughout ...

Circa 1880-1900 French Mannequin. The entire head and neck are made from a hard wax, the eyes are glass, and the hair is human to the best we can dete...