Lot 7 , A Moritz Gottschalk furnished dolls’ house, circa 1885

A Moritz Gottschalk furnished dolls’ house, circa 1885, elaborately made as a grand double-fronted house, the central porch flanked by bay windows, French doors on the first floor flanked by pairs of arched windows, the detailing in cream against the red brick ground, the interior with original wall and floor papers with attractive paper borders, arranged as one large ground floor room and one large first floor room, together with two Evans & Cartwright tinplate fireplaces within wooden surrounds, the furnishings including large scale 'Yellow Cherry' pieces and a cast metal chair, 90cm high.

Illustrated by Jean Latham, Dolls’ Houses, A Personal Choice, (1969), p.154 and 155. The underside of this house is marked in pencil '1901'. A similar house is illustrated by Evelyn Ackerman 'The Genius of Moritz Gottschalk' (1980), p.34
£2,500-3,500

Condition:
The roof coloured green, the exterior papers throughout in generally good clean condition with only minor cosmetic blemishes commensurate with age, the facade lacking several glass panes, the hinges working freely to reveal an interior with mostly original papers. Plinth 48 x 81cm, height 90cm; side elevation 31cm, plinth with deep scrapes caused by movement of front elevation in two sections. An area cut-out and papered over to the ground floor wall.

Sold for £2,600