1930s Toys

Early 20th century mechanical toy from Kobe, Japan. This small mechanical toy was made in Kobe, Japan. This is the classic doll of a man chopping an...

Charming 19th century Romanian hand carved wooden rocking horse. Featuring a colorful polychrome finish on a base decorated with a floral m...

19th century Italian painted wood rocking horse.

Early 20th century carved wooden devil puppet A nice untouched example of an early 20th century hand carved wooden puppet in the form of a devil. Likely from a larger Punch and Judy...

Toy Noah’s Arks for children to play with were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century, and Germany was very prolific in their production. This particular ark is all ori...

This Marx Toys Wind up Chariot and Horses is a vintage mechanical toy representing a red chariot dragged by two painted tin horses. Original...

Antique set of 8 Nesting Dolls, known as Matryoshka, placed in the 1920s to 1950s. The original set contained of 10, the 2 smallest have gone travelling the world! Completely hand cr...

Very beautiful children's rocking chair in beech plywood minimalist craftsmanship the design of the rocking chair is essentially a nod to the shape of a swinging banana!

A pair of early 20th Century hand carved Jumping Jack toy figures A pair of early 20th Century hand carved / painted American Jumping Jack toy figures. With their original features...

This Wind up big size car is a mechanical toy sports car, nicely detailed. The original clockwork works, even though a bit slowly. Original key not included. Unknown manifacture...

By J. Chein, circa 1930, this tin lithographed and hand painted American tin wind-up toy is all original and in working order. There are a few scratches here and there (from normal play and use); but for a nearly 100 year old toy, it is in very good and all original paint with no touch up or restoration. The turtle is painted in colors of yellow (predominantly) with a turquoise border and red dots, and an orange neck; while the boy is dressed in yellow. The action of the toy portrays a boy riding a turtle; and upon winding up the attached clockwork key and releasing on the floor, the turtle with boy rider, ride away! The turtle moves his head up and down while the boy rocks up and down, as the turtle moves across the floor (see attached 12 second video of operation). Works well (unique for this toy) but occasionally "sticks". Of American manufacturer (marked on the left of center of the shell of the turtle), the J. Chein Company was in Harrison, New Jersey, and one of the premier toy makers of the 1930's. Dimensions: 8" long x 4 1/2" wide x 4" high Note: After 40 plus years of dealing and collecting toys, I am justly qualified to guarantee and present the authenticity of antique and vintage toys...

A whimsical early American painted child's rocking horse. A fun piece that makes you smile, USA, circa 1920. M177.