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Set including a swimming pool, 2 boats, and trash pickup. Erzgebirge.
Wood, painted. H 2–5.5 cm.
Swimming pool with 4 figures in swimwear, a rowboat with 3 figures, a small boat, an advertising column, a telephone, an open-top bus, and 3 gray vehicles labeled “Garbage Collection” and “Municipal Cleaning Department”. Minor defects.
Bibliography: Interview with René Rilz in *Sammler-Journal*, “Children’s Book Editor Collects Wooden Toys,” Issue No. 2/1980, pp. 118–122. // Illustrated in Urs Latus, p. 175 (showing rowing boats in a sailors’ barracks, ca. 1914).
Provenance: René Rilz Collection.
Call time: Oct. 28, 2026 | estimated 12:02 p.m. (CET)