Shoppin’

Posted by Alison – June 12, 2011

[Clockwise from left: Horse Hair Belt; Ulpu Earrings; Antique Wooden Elephant; Vintage Lace Wide-Leg Pants; Vintage Rocking Horse; Vintage Abacus Lamp; Kilim Cube Stool; 1940s Clarion Bakelite Radio; Coney Island Photographs, Circa 1940; Brutalist Wrought Iron Candle Holders]

I’ve been hoarding all kinds of goodies in my Etsy cart. I’m not sure if I’ll ever actually have the guts to wear lace pants, but damn if I don’t think about it often! (And what a nice breeze for summer.) Also, the horse hair belt? Incredible.

Thanks to an in-the-know commenter, I’ve been informed that the elephant above is a classic Schoenhut toy from the 1930s. I’ve since fallen down a Schoenhut hole on eBay — so many incredible designs, and all wooden! In addition to wooden animals (many circus-themed), they also made realistic dolls and miniature musical instruments, like this player piano. Their clown toy is the stuff nightmares are made of! Thanks for the tip, Robin!

Related Posts with Thumbnails
5 Comments on Shoppin’

Respond | Trackback

  1. robin says:
    June 12, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    that humpty dumpty elephant looks a lot like the Schoenhut elephants, which you can find on ebay for less and also i think are a bit bigger…here is one:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/SCHOENHUT-ELEPHANT-REG-SIZE-/170652623822?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27bbb063ce

    Schoenhut, more well known for their toy pianos (i have one, it sounds wonderful), also did a line of wooden circus toys in the ’30s that are really cool.

    Reply
  2. Marloes says:
    June 13, 2011 at 8:33 am

    I’m not sure I would want horsehair hanging in front of my lady parts though! ;)

    Reply

Respond

Comments

Comments