Beautiful GERMAN Gottschalk BARN circa 1900!!

Collectibles : Toys

 

What a charming Bavarian chalet-looking toy this is! Wooden factory-made in Germany around the turn of the 20th century. The first level is painted in cream & grey, with 3 stalls and a grooming area. The stalls have a feed trough across at the back, and 3 metal feed bins above. The bottom sides & upper story & eaves have lithographed paper in green, cream & rusty red over wood that represent siding, windows and shutters. There are cute little hearts and squares on the shutters paper. The roof pieces are painted maroon & red, with the edges of the front eave in grey pinstriped with cream. On the front of the upper story are a centered hinged door & 2 windows, plus one window in the eave. The door is painted green with cream stripes - when open, there is room for bales of hay or a small bed-sitting room (for the horse’s groom). Someone in the past has cut out a section of wood above the door-maybe the child had a giraffe stored up there? In pencil on the back is written "Edward" in script & child-written "ED"; in pencil on the bottom is "5874" (with the European 7) which is probably a stock number. There is some paper loss on the front upper edge, side bottom panels and side eave. All you need to move in are some carved wooden horses!

Item ID: 115