Doll's house lamp
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
1970 - 1979
Materials
Metal, wood, electrical wire and plastic
Measurements
Lamp Base - 27 mm (width), 91 mm (height), Lamp Shade - 40 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663526
Summary
A doll's house size standard lamp with a yellow rounded metal base, which has black and red electrical wires wrapped around (contents of 1970s doll's house, inventory number - 663517). The stand is of simple metal which has a white piece of plastic twisted inside the lampshade to secure the plastic bulb. The lamp shade is moulded orange plastic, which has three cut out pieces at the bottom that enable to light to seen. Possibly homemade from various household items.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Joyce Howard-Monks in 2010. Part of the contents of the ‘Hobbies’ doll’s house – inventory number 663517 - made by the donor’s father, Ronald Graham (b.1902), for his two grandchildren Lynn Pick (b.1964) and Dawn Lawton (b.1966).