TootsieToy Dining Set 8 pieces
Set includes round table, buffet, tea cart, serving table that has part of one leg missing,
1 arm chair with part of one leg missing, and 3 chairs
Difficult to describe the color a burgundy and brown mix
This is one of the sets that my mother owned as she was an antique doll collector
There are a total of 6 sets that I am selling that would be enough to fill an entire doll house
All pieces came from a clean, smoke free home.
The following is an article that I found on line about the Tootsie Toy sets thought you may be interested in.
I copied it from the internet
The Dowst Brothers Company of Chicago cleverly allied their die cast (the product of casting from metal moulds) miniature furniture with various cardboard houses made by other companies. In this manner, little girls could obtain both house and furnishings in one mail order or purchase. Although manufacturing toys as giveaways and prizes (in Cracker Jack boxes) in earlier decades, their production of dollhouse furniture sets began soon after 1920 and continued until 1937. In the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalogue of 1923 (below, close details are further below), for example, full sets of painted metal (an alloy of zinc and aluminum) furniture for the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, dining room and parlour were offered at 83 cents each. Described as "Tootsie" (named after a family member who died tragically young at age 16 years), two years later it was "Tootsietoy." The promotional persuaders were that the pieces were made in a "special composition metal that will not break easily" and, further, that this "almost indestructible metal" would "not break like wood." Today's collector may challenge these claims, given the number of maimed pianos, table, sinks, etc. on the market, not to mention the chipped paint finishes. The scale is quite small, ½ inch to 1 inch.
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