LITTLE BEAUTY GERMAN ANTIQUE HND PNTD CAST IRON TOY SEWING MACHINE, W/FLORA/BIRD

Description

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(Circa 1895-1915)
Late 19th to early 20th century
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antique hand decorated cast iron children's, hand
crank, toy sewing machines
DIMENSIONS:
6
3⁄4
" Height x 6
1⁄2" Width x 3
1⁄2
" Depth
Weight:
1 lb.
(Note:
The small wooden thread spool is not included)
DESCRIPTION:
For sale is this very nice, while not perfect
late 19th to early 20th century
antique,
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hand painted, finely decorated, ornate cast iron and nickel plated metal alloy,
'Little Beauty'
child's toy miniature hand crank sewing machine.
It doesn't suffer from any measurable enamel loss and is truly in fairly well-preserved antique condition, considering it's now between
105 to 125 yrs old.
It's complete, intact and has all of its original, component parts, without loss or repairs (old or new.) The enamel paint is simply exquisite, with wonderfully hand-painted floral vines, dripping with fruit berries and a tropical bird, perhaps a
Bird of Paradise
perched on one of the floral branches. The entire paint of the toy sewing machine's upper body is nearly pristine but the lower body has barely noticeable, slightly oxidized, charcoal black enamel paint. It's unpainted, plain metal alloy surfaces are still nearly without any appreciable oxidation on their surfaces. Gently used but not abused and showing normal evidence of its age and antique pedigree. A handsome little bugger. Very nice.
CONDITION:
Good to Very Good overall antique condition.