Lot 380
GROUP OF TINPLATE TOYS AND OTHER EPHEMERA
LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Fine Furniture and Works of Art
Auction: 27 January 2016 at 10:00 GMT
Description
to include a CRAWFORDS BISCUIT TIN, formed as a circus wagon with lions cage, printed mark to base WILLIAM CRAWFORD & SONS LTD BISCUIT MANUFACTURERS, 14cm long; a TINPLATE GYROSCOPE FIGURE, 8.5cm tall; a TINPLATE TUMBLING ACROBATS, 10.5cm tall; a TINPLATE HANSOM CAB AND TWO CARRIAGES, 7cm, 8cm and 5.5cm long; a GERMAN TINPLATE CLOCKWORK TRAM, double deck with driver, 17cm long; FIVE 'BRITAINS' LEAD HORSE FIGURES; a VICTORIAN MINIATURE GLOBE INKWELL, paper gauze, the 2 1/4" globe with laid paper globe segments, the lid opening to reveal two inkwell compartments; a VICTORIAN MAHOGANY CASED SET OF BONE ALPHABET LETTERS, the sliding lid of the box with label SPELLING ALPHABET, the box 11cm long; TWO BONE DESK SEALS, one with engraved calendar to the handle; and a STANHOPE IN THE FORM OF A CRICKET BAT, with glass spy-hole to the handle, 13.5cm long (17)
Footnote
Provenance:
Scottish deceased estate