Toys in the display that have lithographic print are colorful blocks with pictures, one showing an early version of Santa Claus, and others that have the alphabet on them. “This was the era where ...

Collectors like toys with colorful, detailed, often amusing or realistic decorations. Bliss doll houses, wooden houses covered with a colored paper lithograph that includes doors, windows, bricks and ...

Christmas is only around for corner and for children across the UK, there is only one thing on their mind - presents. But while they may often take for granted the types of toys on offer today, years ...

Toy theatres were a popular form of entertainment in Victorian times. Once made you could buy plays to put on - hundreds of popular West End plays were reproduced for toy theatres. This Pollock’s Toy ...

Toys from the Victorian age are featured in the “Playtimes Past” exhibit at the Sigal Museum in Easton. The exhibit features more than 50 toys, games, photos of children playing and artifacts from the ...

(all GIFs by Richard Balzer and Brian Duffy, via dickbalzer.tumblr.com) Long before the time of Disney and Pixar, artists made images move using a variety of -scopes and -tropes: gadgets like ...

Our Victorian ancestors made many of the toys their children played with. Inexpensive printed fabrics were designed to be cut out and sewn into dolls, games or toys. The fabric usually pictured all ...

Q. I recently purchased this Victorian doll screen at a flea market in Paris. Each of the four amber-colored glass panels is painted with flowers and birds, and there are no repairs or cracks. What ...

The Grundy Museum is bringing back one of Bristol Borough’s coziest holiday traditions. The Victorian Holiday House reopens Friday, Nov. 21, and this year’s edition leans into old-fashioned cheer with ...