Wonderful well made fine quality clockwork wind up toy made by Georg Kohler in Nuremberg, Germany right after World War II in U.S Zone occupied Germany circa 1947. All the markings in back on blue jacket (see image). It works perfectly; use the wind up key provided to wind up; release on the floor and “Circus Monkey With A Ball” will shuffle and walk along the floor utilizing a cam offset crank to produce the side to side motion (see video of the action attached to the listing). Georg Kohler started his toy business in 1932.The toy is lithographed in blue and red with a red fez hat, a green ball, and brown and yellow accents (see images).
The toy is in absolutely completely all original condition with no repairs, no repaint or touch up and no restoration of any kind—-quite remarkable considering the rough handling the toy would have received. U.S. Zone German toys toys ate quite in demand by collectors both for their fine quality and limited availability; their scarcity a result of limited supply of materials following the war.
Dimensions: 3 1/4″ high x 2 1/2″ deep x 2″ wide
Provenance: From my own 45 year old collection of toys.
Note: After 40 plus years of dealing and collecting toys, I am justly qualified to guarantee and present the authenticity of antique and vintage toys and children’s playthings; important considering the fakes and reproductions in the marketplace. I thoroughly examine with a loop and a black light all of my toys that I offer for sale and I guarantee them to be as I have described.
it would behoove an enterprising collector, dealer, or decorator to take advantage of the opportunity to buy as many of the vintage tin toys that I have listed for sale; it would create an immediate quality collection, as most of these toys came, either from a long time premium California collection or from my own shelves. It would take quite some time and effort to accumulate toys this clean, authentic, original, operable and in excellent condition.
See my other listings of over 100+ vintage toys and antique children’s toy savings banks from which to chose.