300. Set of 19thCentury Wooden Skittles Set with PaperMache Animals 11" (28 cm.) largest. Posed on hollowed wooden skittles base are nine paper-mache animals and birds including peacock, rooster, several ducks, turkey, two chickens, each with colorful, vibrantly painted design, along with nine wooden pins. Circa 1880, a rare and complete set of skittles in wonderfully-preserved condition, well-detailed painting in rich colors. $800/1100
301. Wonderful German Handwind Mechanical Vignette "The Mischievous Musical Clowns" 11" (28 cm.) A wooden platform with decorative paper covers displays an amusing scene of three bisque dolls in clown costumes, one little blue-eyed clown with toy horn seated on the floor and two larger clowns seated on the top rung of two wooden chairs, with fiddles in their arms. When the handle is turned, music plays, the little clown turns side to side as though blowing the horn, and the two large clowns move their right hands as though fiddling, while their chairs tip backward and then right themselves again. Condition: generally excellent, music and motions function well. Comments: delightful and rare mechanical toy, with original papers, costumes and rare theme. $2000/3000
302. German Paper-Mache Lady Doll Known as Milliner's Model 13" (33 cm.) Paper-mache shoulder head of adult lady with oval face and elongated throat, black sculpted hair waved behind her ears into two long finger curls, with the remainder of her hair drawn into a tightly-braided chignon at the back, painted blue eyes, painted facial features, closed mouth, slender kid body with wooden lower limbs. Condition: generally excellent, very minor craquelure on shoulders, cheek paint rub. Comments: Germany, circa 1850. Value Points: rare coiffure, original finish throughout, sturdy body with beautiful original navy blue taffeta gown, undergarments, stockings, shoes. $600/900
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