Doll's tea service
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
58 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661778
Summary
A doll's china tea service decorated with colour transfer images of little girls wearing blue outfits and straw bonnets holding garlands of roses; 'Betty Blue' and 'Lucy Locket' appear in different scenes on the milk jug. The tea pot is decorated with transfer images of a child in a green coat and brown hat and a mother with a baby in a cradle. The lid is decorated with the girls holding garlands of roses. The colour transfer designs are applied to a white background. Each piece of the set has a gold lustre rim. The set consists of two saucers; four tea cups; one milk jug; one sugar bowl and one teapot with lid. Total number of items is 10.
Marks and inscriptions
Side of milk jug: LUCY LOCKET/ LOST HER POCKET Side of milk jug: LITTLE BETTY BLUE/ LOST HER HOLIDAY SHOE Side of teapot: ROCK-A-BYE BABY Side of teapot: A DILLER/ A DOLLAR/ A TEN [ ] Base of each piece except the tea cups: ENGLAND