Tynietoy Treasures [13]

The dining room table in the Mansion is set with dishes that resemble Omari pieces. This pattern features alternating panels of

cream dotted coral and blue and is said to be very early. About twenty years ago I had seen some for sale at a show and they were very

expensive. I was told they were soft paste and would date in 1820’s. I had collected all the various pieces and other pieces I had never seen.

I began to assemble them on étagères, china cabinets in various dolls’ houses. Then in April of 2014, the private collection of Flora

Jacob’s was sold at auction and I was able to get a Japanese Porcelain Shop which was filled with many teasets (150 pieces) and

many of these were the pieces shown in this photo.  I discovered that these lovely pieces came in two scales which allowed me to separate them

into various cabinets. I also was able to catalog a wide variety of pieces not shown or seen before seeing this collection.

These pieces are much older than Tynietoy but look very special on a table or in a corner cupboard!

The kitchen in the Tynietoy Mansion is furnished in shades of green with lots of accessories in white, glass  and pot metal.

The checkered floor gives us the feeling of the kitchen with the butcher block oval table with four beautiful windsor chairs right in the

center of the room! Then we can see the sink on the left, the highchair, and corner cupboard. I never thought of putting the corner

cupboard in here, but it’s great, I like it! The cast iron stove is even green!! The wag on the wall clock is perfect here and

that green and red watermelon hits the spot!

The small room off the kitchen is the pantry! This is a great place for the cast iron icebox and then

the long kitchen shelf unit is just filled with groceries and containers to serve food!

One can just feel how comfortable and exciting it is to come to this place for a snack!

Just outside of the kitchen is the double washtubs and laundry basket!

We have completed the tour of the Tynietoy Mansion and I want to extend a special thanks to the owner for all the photos that were sent for us to enjoy!

We completed the tour of the Tynietoy Mansion so we are going to view photos from another collection.

Here we are looking at a bedroom in a New England Town House has the painted set in pink of the French style bed,

dressing table with three side chairs and sewing table. You can see the Bonnet top highboy on the back wall, a Gov.

Winthrop desk and a lovely folding screen, painted black with pink flowers. WE can see some nice accessories- the

wastepaper basket near the dressing table, blue candlesticks by Tynietoy, a German alarm clock and a table lamp 

with a duck on the shade. The doll is going to a costume party and is dressed as Napoleon!

The most interesting item here is the lamp, pull on its chain and it lights a fire, its really a cigarette lighter. 

With that, I playfully wonder how many dollhouses have burned down because of their use.

Another collector has sent us a scene entitled “The Hunt Breakfast” with all Tynietoy furnishings.

It has four Empire chairs, two with red seats and two with cross- hatch seats. A Black Tynietoy maid is setting the trestle

table with several coffee and tea servers, cups and saucers. We can see a grandfather clock, maple Sheraton sideboard, a screen

in metallic gold showing a horse and rider and a doll dressed in a dressage riding costume. (Note: Can anyone identify who made

the doll?) On the left side of the room is a rare custom-made Chippendale sideboard with curved drawers in the center

that extend to the floor. A splendid table lamp with three scenes of a horse and rider are shown on top of the sideboard

along with  a book by Barbara Raheb of Black Beauty. On top of the maple sideboard is a watercolor of a rider, horse and

three dogs- by Sandra Frantz- a porcelain figure of two horses and a porcelain figure of horses, riders and dogs!

You might have noticed a pair of riding boots on a chair and on another chair behind the maid is riding helmet and riding crop.

We are going to conclude this series of the Tynietoy Treasures by focusing on this Tynietoy New England Town House,

the first Tynietoy house purchased by a well-known collector. As you can see for the photo, it has been repainted in gray with

white trim and black shutters. The entrance has the moldings and columns painted white and the door in black. The roof is in

the natural wood as opposed to being painted. When the front is removed we will see the rooms displayed with many pieces of the Tynietoy furnishings.

The interior of the New England Town House reveals four main rooms and two hallways. The attic rooms are on

the third floor have been furnished too in order to have those extra rooms – like a bathroom, a

toy room and an extra bedroom. Next week, we will show the wing on the house that has the kitchen and nursery.