With little fanfare, we added five beautiful mobiles to our stock last month: Now that the last we had ordered has come in, I will proudly announce that we are selling a selection of the wonderful Flensted mobiles, made in Denmark for over fifty years. As a child with a love for the Middle Ages, […]

On this day in 1923, King Tut’s tomb was opened (it had been discovered in 1922). Howard Carter’s find led to a craze for all things Egypt, and throughout the ’20s, fashion and decoration reflected this mania.
My eldest son has had his own “Egypt” phase, thanks in great part to the book Egyptology, one of […]

We are happy to offer three new styles of fillable easter eggs, which are found on the Easter Decorations page. The new styles are the “Country Living” series, featuring nostalgic designs of the Easter Bunny and his family; the “Gold” series, with flowers or children, chicks and rabbits on a gold background; and silk paper […]

This is the season of toy fairs, when the workshops and manufacturers reveal their new designs for the coming year. It also can be, unfortunately, the time when we discover that old favorites have been “retired”, or put out of production. In some happy cases the designs might simply be reworked: 2005 saw new Ostheimer […]