Doll's house tea service
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, glass and ceramic
Measurements
15 mm (min. height); 42 mm (max. height); 20 mm (min. diameter); 32 mm (max. diameter)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661800
Summary
Various doll’s house size items. A part tea service made for a doll’s house comprising two cups with saucers, one teapot without lid, one teapot with octagonal lid, one jug and one lid with gold coloured rim. The cups and saucers are decorated with magenta leaves. The jug and the teapot with octagonal lid are decorated with crude red flowers and green leaves. The larger teapot is decorated with green leaves and a circular pink flower. One lid is unglazed and probably comes from a different set. The other spare lid has a gold coloured rim and a decoration of a pink flower with green leaves. Also a goblet is of green glass with a circular metal base. A watering can made from bisque in green with the spout broken off and missing. There is also a bisque green teapot with fixed lid and a moulded pattern in relief. Total number of items is 13.