LINEOL COMPOSITION 4 FIGURES ELK BABY LION TIGER & KANGAROO GERMANY VINTAGE 1925 - $29 - (Eagle Lake, TX)
UP FOR AUCTION IS AN ANTIQUE VINTAGE 1925 SET OF 4 COMPOSITION FIGURES: AN ELK, A CUB LION & TIGER CUB AND A KANGAROO JOEY MADE IN GERMANY BY LINEOL. HISTORY: IN THE EARLY 1900'S COMPOSITION FIGURES WERE MADE OF A COMBINATION OF SAWDUST, GLUE AND CHALK, PRESSED INTO DETAILED MOLDS AROUND AN IRON WIRE FRAME AND THEN HAND PAINTED. WILD ANIMALS IN THE BERLIN ZOO WERE USED AS MODELS FOR THE MENAGERIE. TWO GERMAN MANUFACTURERS BECAME WELL KNOWN FOR HIGH QUALITY COMPOSITION TOY ANIMALS AND SOLDIER FIGURES IN THE PRE-WW2 YEARS: HAUSSER'S ELASTOLIN AND LINEOL. THE TROUBLE WITH COMPOSITION MATERIAL IS THAT IT SHRINKS DURING THE DRYING PHASE, CAUSING CRACKS, BREAKS AND PAINT FLAKES. HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE GENUINE ORIGINAL COMPOSITION FIGURES WILL SHOW THESE ISSUES. FEATURES: * AUTHENTIC PRE-WW2 ANIMALS: ELK, CUB LION, CUB TIGER & KANGAROO JOEY AS SEEN IN THE 1925 LINEOL CATALOG. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 * PERFECTLY DETAILED, BEAUTIFULLY HAND-PAINTED, REALIS Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 TIC DESIGN * MEASUREMENTS: ABOUT 2.5" X 1.75" * PART OF A COLLECTION PURCHASED BY GREAT-GRANDPA TOM IN THE EARLY 1930'S * CONDITION ISSUES: 92 YEARS OLD: CRACKS, PAINT FLAKES, CHIPS AND BROKEN TAIL TIPS & ANTLERS. (PLEASE SEE PICS) BID NOW, AND ENJOY FAST, NEXT-DAY SHIPPING!
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