An Assorted Collection of Halloween and Christmas Decorations

German and American, Mostly Circa 1900-1930

comprising two molded paper Santa figures; a cloth and early plastic Christmas ornament in the form of a football player, circa 1930s; three painted cardboard or pressed paper jack-o-lanterns and figure of witch in a pumpkin; two printed cardboard jack-o-lanterns; a painted composite pumpkin figure, marked to underside, "Made in Germany"; a painted tin "Gotham Rattler"; a tambourine; a party whistle or squawker; five decorated tin nail clips; a painted composite clown weeble wobble; a pressed paper figure of a witch, stamped "Germany"; some crepe paper posters of jack-o-lanterns; a pressed paper / cardboard clown noisemaker; a box of "12 Whitney's Halloween Novelty Spinning Place Cards", by Whitney, Worcester, Massachusetts; a Halloween-themed cardboard box; a pack of Dennison's Halloween Decoration Cut-Outs of a witch on broomstick and "The Bogie Book: How to Entertain on Halloween...", by Dennison Craft, Framingham, Massachusetts; a printed cardboard Crystal Fortunes game, by H.E. Luhrs, circa 1940; a paper devil mask; and two Halloween-themed postcards; together with a copy of Stuart Schneider, Halloween in America: A Collector's Guide with Prices (Schiffer Publishing Ltd.: Atglen, 1995). (approximately 30 items total, excluding crepe paper posters).

Height 7 1/2 inches (largest jack-o-lantern).

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance:

The Collection of Robert K. and Joy Lewis, Sag Harbor, New York.