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This object consists of 40 parts, some of which may be located elsewhere.

Wooden Toy Set

ca. 1920 (carved)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Group of traditional German toys hand carved from wood and painted. This includes a varied number of objects such as a farmhouse with white and red gabled roof, two sections of two-barred fences in mid-green, two in dark green and one with carved hens attached, nine hens painted with feathers, a wheelbarrow painted green with a brown wheel, a cow with bell and black collar, five conical trees stained green, two trees in a comparatively naturalistic style, a pale green coal cart drawn by two horses, a soldier in blue uniform on a brown horse, a soldier in red uniform, a soldier in red unifom on a grey horse, a room setting with two women spinning, a set of three swingboats on a grey frame, an orange swingboat on a grey frame, a blue and green swingboat on a grey frame, a stall with an umbrella and a woman in a headscarf and blue apron, a stall with an umbrella and a woman in a headscarf and red apron farmyard animals, covered stall with a man, dressed in brown, selling boots, covered stall with a man, dressed in grey, selling boots, and two covered stalls each with a man in grey tailcoats and black trousers.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 40 parts.

  • Farmhouse
  • Fence
  • Fence
  • Fence
  • Fence
  • Fence
  • Animal
  • Animal
  • Animal
  • Animal
  • Animal
  • Animal
  • Animal
  • Animal
  • Animal
  • Wheel-Barrow
  • Animal
  • Tree
  • Tree
  • Tree
  • Tree
  • Tree
  • Tree
  • Tree
  • Coal Cart
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Figure
  • Room Setting
  • Swingboats
  • Swingboat
  • Swingboat
  • Miniature Stall
  • Miniature Stall
  • Miniature Stall
  • Miniature Stall
  • Miniature Stall
  • Miniature Stall
Materials and techniques
Carved and painted or stained wood, metal
Brief description
Wooden toy set, forty pieces, carved and painted or stained wood, metal, Germany, ca.1920
Physical description
Group of traditional German toys hand carved from wood and painted. This includes a varied number of objects such as a farmhouse with white and red gabled roof, two sections of two-barred fences in mid-green, two in dark green and one with carved hens attached, nine hens painted with feathers, a wheelbarrow painted green with a brown wheel, a cow with bell and black collar, five conical trees stained green, two trees in a comparatively naturalistic style, a pale green coal cart drawn by two horses, a soldier in blue uniform on a brown horse, a soldier in red uniform, a soldier in red unifom on a grey horse, a room setting with two women spinning, a set of three swingboats on a grey frame, an orange swingboat on a grey frame, a blue and green swingboat on a grey frame, a stall with an umbrella and a woman in a headscarf and blue apron, a stall with an umbrella and a woman in a headscarf and red apron farmyard animals, covered stall with a man, dressed in brown, selling boots, covered stall with a man, dressed in grey, selling boots, and two covered stalls each with a man in grey tailcoats and black trousers.
Dimensions
  • Farmhouse height: 7.6cm
  • Farmhouse width: 9.5cm
  • Farmhouse depth: 5.7cm
  • Fences length: 6.35
  • Hens height: 2cm
  • Wheelbarrow length: 4.4cm
  • Cow height: 3.2cm
  • Conical trees height: 4.4cm
  • Conical trees height: 3.2cm
  • Trees height: 7.6cm
  • Coal cart length: 9.5cm
  • Soldiers height: 4.4cm
  • Room setting height: 4.8cm
  • Room setting width: 9.5cm
  • Room setting depth: 5.7cm
  • Three swingboats length: 7cm
  • Three swingboats width: 8.9cm
  • Three swingboats depth: 3.8cm
  • Swingboat length: 7.3cm
  • Swingboat width: 4.4cm
  • Swingboat depth: 3.8cm
  • Two swingboats length: 7.3cm
  • Two swingboats width: 4.8cm
  • Two swingboats depth: 4.8cm
  • Umbrella stalls height: 5.7cm
  • Covered stalls height: 4.1cm
  • Open stalls height: 4cm (approx)
Taken from register
Credit line
Given by Mrs Greg
Collection
Accession number
MISC.13:1 to 40-1986

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2004
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