Doll's house picture
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Ceramic, metal and plastic
Measurements
Picture - 40 mm (width); 40 mm (height), Birdcage - 37 mm (width); 27 mm (height)
Place of origin
France
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661797
Summary
A doll’s house size picture and a birdcage. The doll’s house size square ceramic picture decorated with coloured enamel paint showing a man and a woman sitting under a tree. The man wears a brown and orange outfit. The woman wears a blue bodice and mauve skirt. The picture is framed in a gold coloured metal frame with embossed decoration. The two-dimensional birdcage is made of transparent plastic with incised gold painted bars. The parrot-like bird is impressed from the back of the bird-cage and is coloured red, gold, yellow and black. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
Reverse of frame: Made in Denmark Reverse of ceramic picture: gold lettering: M[oiss ] /Limoges/ France