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18”x 16.5”x 9” GOTTSCHALK 1924 RED-ROOF BARN+11 Animals
What a charming Bavarian chalet-looking toy this is! Gottschalk made this three-level red-roof barn, shown in 1924 Montgomery Wards catalogue. Made in Germany it has the stock number "5874" penciled underneath; on the back is written “Edward” in script & child-written “ED”. The first level is painted in cream & grey, with 3 stalls and a grooming or wagon staging area. The stalls have a feed trough across at the back, and 3 metal feed bins above. The second level could be a groom's bed-sitting room, with its hinged opening door and two windows, the space is big enough for some simple furnishings. Someone in the past has cut out a section of wood above the door - maybe the child-owner had a giraffe stored up there? The top level is a shallow hayloft. On bottom outsides, upper story & eaves is lithographed paper in green, cream & rust-red over wood, which represents siding, windows and shutters. The roof is painted red, with the edges of the front eave in pinstriped grey & cream. There is some paper loss on the front upper edge, side bottom panels and side eave. Seven German papier-mache animals with wooden legs, and four fowl with metal or hard plastic legs, are included. They are antique and have always been with this barn: Donkey & two Cows (one with repaired leg) stamped "Germany"; Donkey, laying Cow, Goat & Pig; white Rooster & grey Goose incised "Italy"; colorful Rooster & layer Hen. Just need a hay wagon to move in!
Very charming and clean from a non smoking home.
See Cooper and Zillner toy buildings book page 39 for a photo of a smaller one.
Bliss made stables and not barnes but, if you collect either one this would be a charming addition to your collection.
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$650.00
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