Doll's house vase
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic and pipe cleaner.
Measurements
Vase - 60 mm (height);18 mm (diameter); 30 mm (diameter), Bee - 42 mm (length); 20 mm (depth)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661382
Summary
A tall white ceramic glazed doll's house size vase, cylindrical in shape and tapering at the bottom. At the top is a rounded mouth which is slightly chipped. The vase is decorated with a brown transfer decoration depicting flowers, huts and a Chinese type lady. Some of this has been hand painted in green, blue and black. A small model bumble bee made out of brown and white pipe cleaners wrapped into a diamond shape body. The bee has 'boggly' plastic eyes, little wire legs and two round metal wings with a partly transparent yellow covering. Total number of items is 2.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss K Hall in 1991