Gottschalk Chairs, Some Tiny Cards & An Unusual 1930s Dolls House For Sale

At last I have been able to get down to some serious listing of vintage stock on KT Miniatures. Below on here, I have highlighted some of the rather more special pieces for you to see. 

Many of you will instantly recognise these wood and pressed card chairs as being made by the German company of Gottschalk, originating probably from the 1920s/1930s. They are quite rare and do not come along very often. Consequently they are a little pricey but a good opportunity to add some real special pieces to your collection. They have the very distinctive deep burgundy red finish edged in gold stripes. Really lovely! The material on the sofa appears to  have faded in colour when compared to the rocking chair.....is more grey whereas the rocking chair has a touch of green still. 

Also, just up for sale is this rare set of weeny miniature playing cards, made by G.L.Wust-Frankfurt, apparently originating from the early 1900s. The colour on some of the pictorial cards such as the Kings & Queens etc. are beautiful and still so vibrant. Sadly the set is incomplete, with 38 out of a possible 52 but it is a miracle how any have managed to survive at all!

Both the chairs and the cards can be found for sale on the Antique 1/12th Living/Dining Room Page.

1930s Dolls House

Visitors to the Thame Fair last February, would have seen this on my stand. Since then, would you believe, I have been procrastinating on whether to keep or to sell....as I absolutely adore it! Anyhow, it was definitely time to make a decision and finally decided that I simply do not have the room for it....so folks, go it must! 

 

So, this beautiful little 1930s dolls house is now available to purchase.

It is quite small at just 21 1/4" wide and 19" high.....and only 11 1/2" deep. 

It consists basically of two rooms although the downstairs room continues onto the right.......

...into this arched room with no door. Not sure what one would call it...maybe a sun porch or even garage?

 

Then there is this little outhouse to the left with a door...just think what you could put in there! My immediate thought would be to make it into a wash house maybe?

My favourite part has to be the very professional painting of lupin flowers and the way the base has been painted with so much added depth. The colours are absolutely stunning.

These tin windows are those forerunners to Romside windows with the metal rods down each side which enables the window to pivot open. Plus note that there are no handles on these windows. The original little lace edged curtains are still in place which is a nice touch. 

There would have been batteries housed in the roof and at the very top there are a pair of windows that look into the roof space. I really do think much more can be made of this space with some ingenuity and creativity.......but that will be for the new owner to have fun with!

This house is now looking for a new owner. 

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Another 1930s Dolls House!

Another dolls house has just gone up for sale today on KT Miniatures website....initially I thought it was what we call a "Dolly Mixture" dolls house but when I started to really look at it and photograph for listing, realised that it is actually different from any of the other "Dolly Mixture" dolls houses I have handled....such as no dormer window on the central roof, no diamond patterns on the front doors plus the gabling is constructed differently. It does have some vague similarities to the Betal houses too but not completely, so....I am now just going to call it "A 1930s Dolls House".

 This dolls house has been much cherished and handed down a generation or two within the same family,  but now time has come for it to embark on a new chapter. It is in a good played with and mostly original condition. The base has been overpainted in a light green but can easily be brought back to its original colour if necessary. What is really nice is that there are both chimneys and steps....all of which are so often lost with these old houses.  The painted foilage that was so commonplace on these vintage dolls houses is very pretty and nicely done.

 

This has four rooms with two internal opening doors. The walls are in original colours plus the upstairs rooms have an upper border too. 

The stairs run up the centre of the house and can be seen through the double front doors. 

 It was not until I started photographing that I realised that there was a very faint stencilled name above the door....but for the life of me can't fathom out exactly what it says.....well I do and I think it says "Endars'" but this does not make sense! There are  more stencilled words around the lighting switches (see further down) but clearly in English, so my theory of it being a foreign name/word can be dismissed. Anyone any ideas?

 

The floors have been covered in sticky back wooden effect flooring but the original flooring may well be lurking underneath. Note the vintage paper cake cases as lampshades....fabulous!

 

 Battery compartments are located at the rear with original switches. There is some wiring but I have no idea if the system still works.

 

The spacious garage has a pair of double doors with the same metal handles as the front doors.  

 Then there are these wonderful pre-war Romside metal windows. Unlike the post war version that have metal tab hinges and handles, these 1930s windows have metal rods down each side to act as a hinge plus no handles.

This is a very sweet dolls house in 1/16th scale, doesn't come along very often and is in need of a new home. 

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