Doll's tea service
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
Plate - 135 mm (diameter), Teapot - 93 mm (height); 90 mm (diameter), Sugar bowl - 83 mm (diameter), Teacup - 64 mm (diameter), Saucer - 112 mm (diameter)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660840
Summary
A doll's china tea service with teddy bear pattern, made in England. The service is comprised of one plate, one teapot and lid, one sugar bowl, one teacup and one saucer. The cup is decorated with a policeman bear holding up his hand to a female bear carrying a tiny bear and holding the hand of a child bear. The saucer is decorated with a male bear driving a motorbike above the caption 'Out for a spin'. The sugar bowl is decorated with two adult bears and one child bear on a walk. Both the plate and the teapot are decorated with two bears in a speed boat above the caption 'Over the rolling deep'. To the right of this pair of bears on the teapot is another bear holding a cricket bat. All of the tea service is white glazed with a gold lustre glaze rim detail. The white glaze is crazed. Total number of items is 6.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs M. N. bishop in February 1985.
Marks and inscriptions
On the base of each piece of tea service except the saucer: 'MADE IN ENGLAND' On the base of the saucer: 'ENGLAND'