Early 20th Century Toys and Dolls

An antique Kestner doll with bisque head and leather body and sleepy eyes that open and close. She has a bisque shoulder head, blue sleep eyes, ...

An antique cast iron bulldog piggy bank. Created in the 1920s, this piece is painted in brown and cream. And would make a fabulous addition to a nurs...

These early Art Deco English celluloid whistles from the early 1900s are very collectible especially those with the color combination of ivory and ebony, but especially for the high...

Japanese five antique woodblock Hina doll and toys woodblock prints from original book, 1915. Immediately frameable Painter: Nishizawa Tekiho, 1915 Dur...

Nicely painted large cast iron, horse drawn fire toys are much sought after by collectors. The piece becomes special when it is all original, because of the abuse that might have occurred from the rough play. Over the years the cast iron figures would typically become separated from the toy. This "Hook and Ladder" by the Dent Hardware Company, Fullerton, Pennsylvania was manufactured in 1910 and is completely original. It was listed in their 1910 catalogue as "No. 147-3 Hook and Ladder". This example has the original two figures; the brightly colored paint all-over is authentic with no touch up; the red painted wheels (which are often replaced) are original and in original paint; as are the three horses (two black and middle white horse) pulling the hook and ladder. All three ladders are also original to the piece. There are no repairs or restoration of any kind. This is all worth mentioning because most horse drawn pieces usually have something "wrong" with them. It even retains some of the thin red stenciling to the predominantly white body. This is the three horse version which is more desirable than the two horse example. The four wheels to the main chassis and the two wheels under the three horses facilitate pushing or pulling the piece along the ground. When this is done, the horses start in motion and the articulation gives the appearance of horses galloping. This toy is in excellent all original condition and would make a nice mantel piece, fitting in nicely at all levels of collections and horse drawn aficionados. Dimensions: 27 1/4" long x 7" wide x 8 1/4" high Provenance: it has been in my own collection for 30 years having been acquired in an estate sale in Oceanside, California where it resided since its original purchase. I am a leading specialist in the field of antique cast iron toys...

These dressmaker mannequins are raised on a cylindrical lacquered green metal pedestal. Whether used for the creation and alteration of garments, draped fabrics pinned in to the ...

Doll from the beginning of the 20th century dressed for Sunday.  

This is a very difficult to find cast iron Christmas toy made just after the turn of the century by the Hubley Manufacturing Company, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, featuring Santa Claus in a sleigh being pulled by two reindeer. It is is the double reindeer version versus the single reindeer. The reindeer are articulated, so that as the toy is pulled along the floor, they rise up and down. Santa fits in his seat loosely albeit, secured with an attached pin. It is almost impossible to find this toy in all original condition as often the wheels are replaced (both the reindeer wheels and the small sleigh wheels); often the reindeer antlers...