Hand-Painted Toys and Dolls

Unusual Pre-War round "Drum Mechanical Bank", whose operation is somewhat different than most banks that exist in collections today. To operate; push in on the pin at the side of t...

Hand crafted mid-20th century metal pull along German toy A handcrafted mid – 20th century metal folk-art pull along toy, in the form of a gnome riding a ...

Erzgebirge toy figures, circa 1930 A collection of hand carved early 20th century Erzgebirge toy figures. Encased in a toleware metal trunk this lovely collection of old German toys includes crocodiles, clowns, robots, nurses, waitresses, soldiers, and other playful figures. Size in inches: from H 2” x W 1” x D 1” to H 1.5” x W 0.5” x D 0.5” Origin: Germany Unit: 32 Period: First quarter of the 20th century Material: Pine Condition: Completely solid in structure and form, worn, weathered, showing a lovely natural aged patina, chipped and loss of paint with these well played toys...

Collection of early 20th century clay figures A nice collection of 30 various early 20th century Indian tourist figures. Examples of this form were produ...

Cast iron toys are one of the great American traditions. We specialized in them here in the U.S.A. This is just a fine example of those toys. Key to pur...

Cast iron toys are one of the great American traditions. We specialized in them here in the U.S.A. This is just a fine example of those toys. Key to pur...

Early 20th century papier mâché toy We are proud to offer an early 20th century handcrafted papier mâché toy in the form of a cow. This item would o...

Very nice and rare complete ‘Ijldienst (first help) toy truck designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in 1937. Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labour by incapacitated...

Stunning Art Deco De Stijl toy set. Design by Ko Verzuu for ADO. Striking Dutch design from the 1930s. This hand painted plywood set still has the original colors as when it was ...

Very nice decorative wooden toy bed, designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in the 1932. Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, which makes this an even more special piece. Toys by Ado are being highly collected at the moment, even more than ever cause this is very decorative combined with 1950s furniture from all countries! Jacobus Johannes Josephus (Ko) Verzuu, a former construction supervisor from Utrecht, led the ADO workshops. He had delved into architecture and art and developed a strong preference for the abstract lines and bright colors, which can also be found in the followers of De Stijl group from the 1920s, followed by Piet Mondriaan, Theo van Doesburg, Vilmos Huszár, Bart van de Leck, J.J.P Oud, Gerrit Rietveld and more. This group of architects and artists was active between 1917 and the early 1930s. They made abstract art, architecture and furniture in the primary colors red, blue and yellow. The dollhouse furniture...

Very nice and rare wooden toy shop model 882, designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in the 1932.  Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, which make...

Very nice decorative wooden toy cube car model 646, designed by Ko Verzuu for Ado Holland in the 1937.  Ado means Arbeid door onvolwaardigen, translated; labor by incapacitated, whic...