Doll's house clock
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
33 mm (width); 65 mm (height); 9 mm (depth)
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666010
Summary
A dolls house size clock, on top of which is the figure of a child with their arms diagonally extended. The hand is missing on the right arm and the figure is dressed in a simple loin cloth. Below the figure the painted paper clock face has roman numerals and the hands show three o'clock. The face of the clock is flanked on each side with pierced decoration in the design of a decorative diagonal cross simulated structure on the front and back and a decorative laurel branch on each side. The four feet are further extended and the clock was cast in one piece.
Marks and inscriptions
On the reverse of the clock: 'FRANCE / DEPOSE'