Summer-house
Britains Ltd.
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1920 - circa 1960
Materials
Metal, cardbaord and paint
Measurements
Summer-house – 43 mm (min. length); 72 mm (max. length), Assorted Items - 79 mm (length); 53 mm (width); 80 mm (height)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660794
Summary
A model summer-house, a beige metal model bridge, various model metal flowers and a cream painted model garden seat. A brown painted metal model summer-house mounted on a green and grey painted rectangular cardboard base. The summer-house has eight moulded tree trunk uprights which separate the four moulded woven walls. The roof ridge is painted green. Inside are two ledges or seats protruding from the two longer walls. There is also a cream painted metal model garden seat; a cream-beige painted metal model stile; two cream metal model fences, one of which has two loops enabling a cream metal model gate to be hung onto it. Also a beige metal model bridge in two halves. On each half is a brown painted metal model handrail. There are also some green and yellow metal model flowers. Total number of items is 9.
Makers and roles
Britains Ltd., maker