Tuesday, March 22, 2011

1950s German Dollhouse Grocery Shop

I just don't seem able to resist these German dollhouse shops. Just when I think I've seen all the varieties there are, another one turns up. This one, from the 1950s, is in a great modern style, a wonderful contrast to my antique versions.


 Measuring a whopping two feet wide, the wooden shop in a period-correct salmon pink color features a fruit and vegetable stand and an unusual pastry case.

The stand holds fruits, veggies, cheeses, sausage, and a rather macabre (by today's standards) pig's head, all made of chalk:


The pastry case is filled with tiny breads and cakes:


The shop came absolutely packed full of what to appear to be its original miniature boxes. My favorite is the "Wackel Peter" package:


There are only three drawers to this shop, which appear to be all it ever had. Kaffee = coffee, Zimmt = cinnamon, and, according to Google Translate, flaumen = flood. Hmmm. Ah, Google thoughtfully asks if I meant "pflaumen," and, if I look closely, I see what may be a "P" trapped under the left side nail, in which case pflaumen = plums, which seem much more likely than floods to be stocked in a grocery store. 

Two of the most interesting items in the shop were these miniature glass bottles of refreshing beverages:


 My family of 1950s Schuco teddy bears are just the right size (and vintage) for this shop. Looks like they're stocking up on cake (and pigs heads...)




5 comments:

  1. You seem to have cornered the market. Oh, very bad pun...another cup of coffee, please.

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  2. It's like what the Jetsons would call an antique!

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  3. something makes me want to draw with the chalk foods.. except piggy head. what a neat little grocery!

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  4. mmmm, cake and pig head. Let's have a picnic!

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  5. alrteach@aol.comThursday, March 24, 2011

    I have one of these - very similar, 50's turquoise, white back drop, red trim , red heavy plastic drawers - came with vintage food containers, skates, pans, surf board, bowling pin, broom, bucket........
    I have been trying to find out info and value - thank you. Your site was helpful.

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