Great Looking Early Vintage German Toy Playpen whimsy handles So when I spotted this

So when I spotted this and one other of her prints at an antiques shop

11 x 4 5/8” x 2 1/4” d

Bight box and cubes are in excellent condition

and find it a very tender and beautiful thing

and who knows how many more might be out there somewhere

Great Looking Early Vintage German Toy Playpen whimsy handles So when I spotted thisThis miniature playpen has a kinship with those iconic Schoenhut circus chairs and pedestals I like so much quite similar in form and sensibility, and with a pretty circus y feel to the colorfully painted beads on wire at either side pen (a hard shelled papier mache I think.) And so, as good a stage platform for a lion or tiger as for a baby, I'd say but also sort of a cheerful minimalist piece of sculpture just as it is, too. With a cool sort of a