Vintage 1950’s, SIFO Wooden Puzzle, Hand Painted,

ANIMAL LAND, Complete, 6 Pieces, Rare Find

1950’s hand painted thick wooden pieces fit together on the recessed board. Brand - The Sifo Company, 6 hand made and hand painted pieces - vintage cute Animals with cartoon faces. An Elephant, a Fox, a Bird, a Puppy, a Bear Cub and a Little Mouse.

Excellent used condition for it’s age.

Puzzle pieces are 3/4 to 1 inch thick. 3d solid pieces. Puzzle is approx. 9”x12”x1”

Hand painted and excellent vintage condition with some minor paint loss.

CONDITION:

Pre Owned. This is an estate purchase. Excellent. All pieces here. Very sturdy toy. This puzzle is from late 1950’s. There is some paint loss on corners and some pieces. Look at all photos as photos show all sides & details of the items and details of all the parts so please carefully look at images/pictures/ as they are part of the description and ask any questions before bidding. You should be able to enlarge/zoom the images/pictures on your computer for even more details. This is the actual item you are buying.

History Of Sifo Company

The Sifo Company (which did business as Sifo's Toys and The Sifo Novelty Company) was a maker of mainly wooden children's toys that located in St. Paul, MN.

Sifo's niche was early educational toys. Sifo catalogs of the period emphasized the various properties of their toys that would entertain and educate children. Their toys were largely made of wood, with the wood milled and rendered into parts at a facility in Norway, MI. Final assembly and finishing of the toys took place at the St. Paul headquarters and factory located at 353 Rosabel Street (now Wall Street).

Sifo's best known products were the Timmy Time Clock Children's game and the Kinder City city play set. They also made "Bill Ding" stacking clowns whose physical design, but not characterization, can be seen in the Schylling company's "Wood Stacking Robots".

Sifo was in business from 1944 until 1975. The St. Paul factory was razed and is now a parking lot.