The Farm, la Ferme, Pachthof, a wonderful German paper toy diorama published around 1855 by Frederick G.Schulz.
The decorated box contains a backdrop and 35 card cut-outs with wooden bases.
The highly decorative farm includes a backdrop of a timber framed farmhouse and the cut-outs include; A group picking apples; A group with dray and horses gathering wheat bales; A group of grape pickers accompanying a dray with barrels; A man and plough team; A group taking a break for refreshment; Two men threshing corn; A woman at a well; Two women cutting wheat stalks; A woman milking cows; A woman tending cows at a well; A group harvesting potatoes; Two horses in a meadow; A mare and foal; A horse trotting; A man sowing corn; and 20 small cut-outs of farm animals including, sheep, goats, an ass, chickens a pig, ducks, pigeons, ducks and and the farm cat.
The box is 29.5cm x 22.5cm x 5cm, the farm building once opened is 41cm x 27cm, the tallest of the pieces is about 20cm high.


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