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Playthings Past A Collector’s Guide to Antique Toys by Betty Cadbury DJ 1976
Playthings Past A Collectors Guide to Antique Toys by Betty Cadbury DJ 1976
Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
Copyright 1976
96 Pages
By Betty Cadbury
A treasure-trove of antique toys that have delighted American and European children for generations, PLAYTHINGS PAST presents a delightful, yet detailed look at the toys of yesteryear - from rocking horses and jack-in-the-boxes to conventional doll houses and fanciful miniature replicas of thatched cottages and baronial halls. More than 150 charming photographs illustrate such old favorites as model engines, paper cut outs, and delicate bisque dolls with supple kidskin bodies dressed in the latest fashions - as well as such unusual and imaginative toys as mechanical dolls that walked and talked, and clockwork animals that hopped, sang, or even laid eggs.
More than just a catalogue, PLAYTHINGS PAST is concerned with the changing attitudes of children toward their toys. It depicts the social and economic conditions that influenced the acquisition of playthings: the toys of a Victorian farmworker's child were quite different from those of a middle-class town-dweller's. The improvised toys of the poorer child, the "give-away" toys of early advertising, educational toys, and
the newer toys introduced with the advent of mass production and the development of alternative methods of production are all considered.
For the serious collector, there are hints on where to find old toys and how best to identify, preserve, and display them. For the beginner, the book provides a delightful introduction to the gentle and special fun of studying antique toys.
9 Introduction
1 Improvised Toys 14 Paper Toys
20 Models
dolls' houses and furnishings, shops, schools, circuses, kitchens, carriages, arks, soldiers, rocking and wheeled horses
32 Toys That Move
String, wheels, mercury, weights, wind, heat, balance, torsion, springs, ratchet, trellis, sand, magnetism, electricity, steam and clockwork
44 Automata 51 Dolls
56 Dolls' Clothing, Accessories and Miniature Ware
59 Mechanical Dolls and Novelties 62 Money Pots and Boxes
64 Optical Toys
70 Mirth, Magic and Mystery
74 Indoor Games, Constructional Toys and Pastimes
79 Sounds and Celebrations 81 Toys in Advertising
85 Glass Toys
87 The Butcher, The Baker, The Candlestick Maker
91 Histories
93 Hints for Collectors
94 Bibliography
96 Index
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