Another Trixy Toy Dollhouse

This is my second Trixy Toy dollhouse 

made by the Durrel Company of Boston, MA, during the late 1920s.

Granny Ramey lives in this two story cardboard house.

Her house has four rooms....living room and kitchen on the first floor, 

with her bedroom and bath on the second floor. 

She is happy that her house came furnished with curtains.

Granny Ramey's living room is furnished with a green flocked suite placed across from the fireplace. The mantel clock and the log basket 

are not Kage products, but made to resemble original Kage.

Granny must like green.... she has green appliances and a green table 

in her kitchen. Both match well with the curtains that came with the house.

Moving upstairs...whoops, no stairs!  Her bedroom is cozy 

with walnut furniture and a fireplace to keep her toasty on winter nights.

A change of color for Granny Ramey....with a blue suite of bath fixtures.

We leave Granny Ramey enjoying a refreshing snack in her cozy little home.

Granny Ramey is a German Caco doll with metal hands and feet and stands 3⅝” tall,  made approximately in the early 1950s. The best information on Caho/Caco dolls can be found at  diePuppenstubensammlerin - Collecting old German dolls houses

 

The flocked green living room suite was listed in the 1949 Strombecker catalog.

The end table was first shown as a night stand with Strombecker's 1933 bedroom set. The lamp is shown in 1938 with Strombecker's 1" scale furniture. The base of the lamp has been repainted, the original color was black.

The kitchen set is part of  Strombecker's  1935-36 furniture production .

Kage dollhouse furniture was made in Manchester, CT from 1938-1948. These three pieces are from the later period before production ceased in 1948. The bed is from the last design of furniture. 

Kage fireplaces can be found in several different sizes with the later ones having natural wood mantels.  The piano bench is being used as a table.

Schoenhut produced this lamp starting in 1931.

This Trixy Toy house came to me missing the inner wall and second floor, 

but otherwise in fairly good shape. It took me several years 

to tackle re-creating them.  A partial chimney 

came with the house, so the two chimneys are also new. 

This picture, found in Zillner & Cooper's Antique & Collectible Dollhouses and Their Furnishings, is the same house with a blue and red color scheme.

My first Trixy Toy house was a one room house with two dormers. 

I blogged about it in 2016, you can read about it here  

and also see the furniture made by Trixy Toy for their houses.

Information provided on the Strombecker, Kage and Schoenhut furniture come from Patty Cooper's wonderful books on dollhouse furniture and can be purchased on Blurb.com:

Kage Dollhouse Furniture 1938-1948

Schoenhut Dollhouse Furniture 1928-1934

The Complete Guide to StromBecker Dollhouses & Furniture 1931-1961

Keystone of Boston Siblings

Two Keystone of Boston dollhouses that look enough alike to be sisters, 

or brothers, or sister and brother. If they are "sisters", 

then we know that the one on the right is the "prettier sister". 

No jealousy here however because I think 

the house on the left has a rather masculine look. 

Both dollhouses are a product of the 1930s.  I have a 1937 

W. Bingham Co. catalog that shows the "plain" sister on the left.

Both houses originally came with two rooms, upper floor and lower floor. 
Since they came to live in my dollhouse village, 

they have managed to acquire two new rooms each!

The pretty sister has plastic windows and painted on shutters, 
 with a tall chimney in the center of the house. 

It is the home of Grandmother Specht. 

Grandmother Specht turned it into a cozy little home, 

with furniture and kitchen appliances from Kage 

and bathroom fixtures from Strombecker. 

She likes to sit in her comfy chair and knit sweaters 

for the homeless veterans living on our streets.  

Over the mantel she has a picture of herself 

with her late husband, Mr. Specht.....

....and over the sofa is her mother's cherished Tynietoy mirror. 

Grandmother Specht likes her blue and white kitchen 

with her mother's painted tray hanging on the wall.

Seeing her single bed makes her feel lonely 
for her late husband...

...so she keeps a picture of Mr. Specht 

hanging over a chest in her bedroom. 

Blue bathroom fixtures! I do think she likes the color blue.

The pretty sister's sibling came to me missing 

the door surround and the upper window. 
I crafted the door surround with other Keystone parts I had available....

...so it doesn't exactly match this picture from the catalog, 

or the door surround on the pretty sister. 

This is the home of Tom and Kitty Katz. 

They have furnished their home 

with Realy Truly furniture made by Converse 

and Schoenhut kitchen appliances and bathroom fixtures. 

That is not an apple on Kitty's head.

Tom Katz likes to sit in his chair and think about the days 

he used to tease the dogs in the neighborhood...from the top of a fence. 

There is a statue of his favorite "pal" on the radio.

Kitty didn't look to happy in the living room....

guess that's why nothing is cooking in the kitchen.

They do keep a bowl of snacks on the kitchen buffet. 

Sometimes they sleep under the bed...or on top of the dresser.

Tom wanted a litter box in the bathroom, 

but Kitty put her paw down and told him a firm NO!

Kitty and Tom Katz are made of plaster. Looking at the wires coming out of the top of their heads, they are either ornaments or aliens from another planet.  

Grandmother Specht is a small Ermey doll from Germany. 

Kage furniture in a Keystone of Boston house.....

This is a Keystone of Boston dollhouse from 1939...one of their many English Tudor models.  It is furnished with Kage furniture just like the Rich Tudor house in my previous post. This house has  additional Kage pieces to share with you.

This small 4 room house is the perfect size for the Kage furniture. Kage made bathroom furniture but it is very hard to find. I have used a Strombecker set of the same scale.
A former owner painted the interior of this little house with a neutral color paint and added a vintage  wood-patterned linoleum to the bottom floor. I made a second floor for the one that was missing. The white flower box to the right of the front door came with the house...I added the red one, however, I have seen other models with tall shrubs on either side of the door.

New Kage items in the kitchen include the pantry and the large buffet. A smaller buffet is shown later in this post.

Several new Kage pieces are found in the living room...a piano, wall clock, flower stand, standing ashtray, coffee table, 2 lamps, and a log basket.

The lone Kage item in the bath area is the table holding the "electric" Strombecker heater....and actually it is the piano stool. 

Kage items found in the bedroom and not shown in my last post are the narrow 3 drawer chest, the larger 3 drawer chest with mirror attached, the newer model chair with spooled front legs, and the  desk with drop down writing surface. The bed came with the coverlet and matching pillows, and although it is vintage fabric, I don't think it is original as it doesn't match the fabric attached to the bed frame.

A unique thing about the Keystone of Boston houses with swing-out French windows, is the metal rods holding the window in the frame have extensions on the inside to hold the window curtains.

The radio and grandfather clock were not used in either house.

The desk may be the only functioning piece Kage made....I added the desk blotter. Pianos were made in 2 sizes.

Two different size fireplaces Kage made....one with an unstained wood mantel. The one on the right looks brand new even though production ended in 1948.

Four different chest or vanity designs...there may be more!

Three table sizes with different legs, two sizes of buffets, 2 chair sizes with different leg designs.

I have several Kage sofas, but found that all of them are one of these 3 models.

Five different chair models. I actually have 2 with the same fabric! I think the chairs/sofas with the ball feet were the newer models...anyone know for sure?

Two different models of beds, each with the original fabric and pillows. Old English scratch cover does wonders for these great old pieces...I need to get busy!

All of these pieces are in 3/4" to 1' scale. Did you know Kage also made 1 inch scale furniture? I have a few pieces....I will post about it later.