Toy stove
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
Stove - 233 mm (width); 293 mm (height); 138 mm (depth), Each utensil (min) - 93 mm (width), Each utensil (max) - 16 mm (width)
Place of origin
Great Britain
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666353
Summary
A silver coloured toy metal stove with a dark blue trim. It is rectangular in shape with a vertical back plate. There are two badly scorched, ventilated, embossed 'gas rings' above two burners. The top of the stove is also badly scorched. Two slits in the front of the stove allow one to light the burners. The doors are dark blue, two are embossed and one is hinged and opens. There is a dark blue printed rack of plates and cooking pots on the vertical back plate. There are six metal cooking utensils: a rectangular baking tray; a saucepan; a lidded cooking pot; a frying pan with six circular depressions and a gravy boat. The utensils are tarnished. Total number of items is 7.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Janet Elliott in July 1985.
Marks and inscriptions
On the left-hand side of the stove: 'MADE IN GT. BRITAIN'