This has got to be the tiniest house ever put on the market by Marx! This house was first produced in 1952 and marketed as a cottage/truckfarm set. It was sold as a "50 piece truck garden set". Interestingly enough there was another cottage produced in England about this time called the Swansea Cottage which was of a similar style but with different lithos and no farm accessories.
INSIDE THE HAPPY HOME....
The set came with 12 pieces of 1/2" Traditional furniture. One
interesting fact stated in one reference book was that it came with
bathtub and sink
but no toilet(did Marx make a tinlitho outhouse too!!).
But I have since found another reference that lists a MIB set
being found with a toilet. So this probably means that there wasn't
a hamper. Well check the furniture pics below as I have included
13 pieces. To me the furniture seems rather large and out of scale.
FURNITURE.........
There may or may not have been the hamper.
Unfortunately I have been unable to find the farm portions of this set. I do know that it came with a farmer, farmer(worker) with a hoe, farmer's wife, boy in position for milking a cow. There were several animals.....a goat, some chickens........probably more. There were several crops including 6 rows of corn. Still working on this area folks, will update when I find more.
HOW YA GONNA KEEP 'EM DOWN ON THE FARM?
A MOUSE HOUSE