19TH C. TIN MUSICAL CAROUSEL
in working order, cloth top (one panel has split) with brass finial, two horses, one with boy rider (foot missing; the other rider missing), pulling a sled with two girl figures in each (some cracks in girls); hand-turned wheel on side turns carousel and plays music; base decorated with dressed character cats (surface loss around base and on spinning platform), 17"h; 10" diam.
The consignor's mother father collected dolls and toys for many years creating a small museum for the enjoyment of the patients and their families at the nursing home which they operated in the 1950's.
Condition in text.
Estimate: $400 - $600
Realized: $5,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 298 : 19TH C. TIN MUSICAL CAROUSEL
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