Artist/Maker McLoughlin Brothers (American, 1854 – 1921)

The New Pretty Village Boathouse Set

1897

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Cardboard, paper, metal

Container (box): 7/8 × 8 1/4 × 12 in. (2.2 × 21 × 30.5 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.440

DescriptionMiniature cardboard village in a box with one complete house, six houses missing roofs, two tin stands in a paper envelope and eight paper figures, trees, and accessories; box cover lithographed with an image of a boy and girl playing with a village set on a large table while a mother holding an infant looks on; box inscribed, "THE NEW/ PRETTY VILLAGE/ BOAT HOUSE SET./ COPYRIGHT/ 1897 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ 890 Broadway/ NEW YORK."

Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "THE NEW/ PRETTY VILLAGE/ BOAT HOUSE SET./ COPYRIGHT/ 1897 BY/ McLOUGHLIN BROS./ 890 Broadway/ NEW YORK."

ClassificationsTOYS

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