1890 Jos. Scholz DAS GROSSE PUPPENHAUS Doll Rooms Triptychs, Box, Loose Figures
A rally fun toy for Victorian children and now a rare item. The publication date of this set is usually given as 1890, the publisher was Jos.
It is a box with three folding chromolithographed paper and cardboard. Each with a different room: the parlor, bedroom and kitchen. There are slits in some places where you can insert a person or an object to "populate"/ decorate a room. Furthermore, if they have a support attached you can stand them in front of a room. There is a number of die cut, loose figures and objects, most stored in yellow envelopes which someone added to this set. There is also a sheet, partly used, with backing for the figures and objects, to fashion them into things that can stand on their own. You will also find a printed sheet (Gothic letter) with a German. Poem written about this toy. Measurements: the box is about 14" x 11" x 1 3/4. Each triptych, open, 25 3/4" x 9 3/4".The triptychs are bound in a burgundy. Some figures have tapes to keep their body parts in pace, like wrists and heads, these tapes are on the back sides usually. There is a free standing table where a white tape runs through the front.
Several of the loose figures are missing heads or hands. Box damaged, two corners of the cover came open see picture. Also bumped, rubbed off and somewhat soiled and, less so, stained. Scholz DAS GROSSE PUPPENHAUS Doll Rooms Triptychs, Box, Loose Figures" is in sale since Friday, August 18, 2017.This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Vintage & Antique Toys\Paper Toys". The seller is "curated_store" and is located in Dublin, Ohio.
This item can be shipped to United States. Scholz