A. Schoenhut Co. Composite Paper Mache Musical Dapper Man with Top Hat Wobble Roly-Poly Ball *SOLD*

A. Schoenhut Co. Composite Paper Mache Musical Dapper Man with Top Hat Wobble Roly-Poly Ball

This piece is a composite/paper mache musical dapper man with top hat wobble ball that we believe to have been manufactured by the A. Schoenhut Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.    

When pushed or tipped this dapper fellow wobbles, jingles, and gets back up. We think his red nose is an indicator as to what he’s been up to, but he just keeps getting back up.  

This piece is in great all original condition with no breaks, restorations, repairs, or touch-ups. This piece shows the usual patina, fading, dust, chips, scuffs, surface rust, scratches, missing accessories, and wear that are to be expected from age and play. This is approximately 9 ¾” H We invite you to view the photos to further determine quality and condition.    

   

   

A brief history of the A. Schoenhut & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:  

1872 – 1935  

Founder: Albert Schoenhut  

Specialty: Began manufacturing toy pianos in 1872. Featured a series of over 20 different Living Pictures in the 1890s, which were framed cardboard figures animated by a clockwork mechanism. Schoenhut is best known for high-quality dolls and wooden-jointed circus and comic strip characters, including Felix the Cat, Maggie & Jiggs, Barney Google, and Sparkplug. In the 1950s, the firm of Delvan, Seneca Falls, New York, bought the patent rights to Schoenhut wooden-jointed figures and again produced a series of circus animals. These toys received a lukewarm reception and are not up to the quality and charm of their predecessors. Schoenhut dollhouses hit the assembly line from 1917 to 1934 and dollhouse furniture from 1928 to 1934. Schoenhut circus tents were known to have been produced in the 1970s.