Wednesday, 13 May 2020

Old box

This sits on the dresser/sideboard near my painting area. It is as bought and looks pleasing amongst the bits and pieces.
 I like the look of the cardboard box which speaks to me of a gentler age perhaps. I got it via eBay quite a few years ago and it has sat here on display ever since
The contents are as bought. I wonder if they were someone’s treasured toys or just bunged in prior to selling . Needless to say I imagine the former.
A collection of semi flat animals, people and scenery. Once the pride and joy of a nursery or bedroom, we will never know. Although I use them in some of my games I like to return them to the box afterwards, it seems the right thing to do.


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17 comments:

  1. Maudlin Jack Tar13 May 2020 at 07:21

    A Farm with charm.

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  2. The Good Soldier Svjek13 May 2020 at 09:45

    Rather nice collection of rural figurine .

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  3. Mark, Man of TIN13 May 2020 at 10:17

    Beautiful and best kept together after games. I checked your label which means Birthday candle holder, so obviously not the same box. Waldorf on the box - appears to be Steiner school linked https://blog.bellalunatoys.com/2010/waldorf-toys.html

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    1. tradgardmastare14 May 2020 at 07:27

      Steiner shops often sell lovely wooden figures and craft materials, your link reminded me of shops I used to go to in Edinburgh. I went to a Steiner influenced nursery pre school and I recall songs and movement about dwarfs and crafts too ( a wee mushroom shaped felt house as a string holder distributor through chimney like smoke) I think it started my life long fascination with the fantasy genre.

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  4. KEV. Robertson.13 May 2020 at 11:29

    Hi Alan- I've a similar Farm Box- it has my Briains Trees, Farmer, Sheep and a Britains-Ertl FORD Tractor...all 1/32nd. Recommend everyone should have a box to store a Toy Farm'. Cheers. KEV.

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  5. WSTKS-FM Worldwide13 May 2020 at 14:04

    Finds like these are very special.

    Best Regards,

    Stokes

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  6. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com13 May 2020 at 16:36

    Delightful! At very least it looks like it should have come with toys in it. A good barn for the toys to sleep in.

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  7. Fitz-Badger13 May 2020 at 21:28

    Charming indeed.

    Reminds me of one of the earliest set of toys I had, a farm with a barn and various farm animals and such. Albeit mine was not flats, but some sort of early 1960s US farm toy.

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    1. tradgardmastare14 May 2020 at 07:30

      It reminded me of my long gone Britains farm which seemed to get used in many toy soldier games all those years ago.

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  8. Mad Padre15 May 2020 at 02:15

    I love the way you see yourself as a steward of that box, its contents, and what they might have once meant to others. Very touching. And a lovely set of toys Many thanks for sharing.

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  9. tradgardmastare15 May 2020 at 06:38

    Thanks Mike.

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  10. Phil Dutré26 May 2020 at 11:02

    The house is a Schneider model, model #103. See here: http://www.zinnfiguren-klio.de/PDF/schneiderformen/einzelfotos.pdf
    The figures and animals look like Schneider as well, but didn;t look them up specifically.

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