Old Antique Toys

This blog discusses old toys from the early 1920's to the end of the 1950's. All kinds of topics are discussed. The time span was the greatest period for "hands-on" toys, where a young child could actually go outside and play for hours at a time. You can see the elegance but simple design of these toys. It was a time when huge machines, and people made and finished toys by hand. The era has long passed, but many of the toys are still around, and that is what I would like to share.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Of Course, With the Doll House Comes Furniture!

Sunday, December 9, 2012
It's going to snow 15 cm (5.75")

Of Course, With the Dollhouse comes Furniture!

Today's post was a "no-brainer. This expression means that I didn't have to think hard to come up with a nice compliment to the doll houses of yesterday's post. I did a moderately-fast search and found Bertoia Auctions had a great selection of what I was looking for. Then I decided to check out what I could try and match up form the recent catalogue Butler Brothers April 1927 that I received a few days ago.

I'm sure you figured out what I did. I decided to try and match up "real" household items from the 1927 Butler Brothers catalog to the nice small doll house furniture from Bertoia Auctions. I didn't quite match them. I'm expecting another old catalog in the next few weeks, so I'll see what that one has to offer.

Thanks for dropping by,

and have a great rest of the day or night.

Stacey

2 comments:

My Realitty said...: Neat! Love the just antiqued style.

I sometimes have to check on how much was made with lead, like Tootsie toy etc. If any one knows, share! CM; December 9, 2012 at 5:07 PM
toysearcher said...: Hello,

I don't know the percentages of metals in toys, but for sure most toys made before 1950 lead in the paint.

Stacey; December 17, 2012 at 7:59 AM