Doll's house vacuum cleaner
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal, sheepskin and fabric
Measurements
Broom - 85 mm (length); 20 mm (width), Sweeper - 80 mm (length); 25 mm (width), Hoover - 25 mm (width); 115 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668526
Summary
Doll's house size cleaning equipment (contents of Mrs Harvey's doll's house, inventory number - 665940). On display - carpet sweeper and broom. There is a wooden ewbank style carpet sweeper painted brown with red painted wheels, a metal bracket attaching the long handle. A metal Hoover, model 262 cleaner with a yellow base, a brown handle and a red fabric bag. Finally, a pale blue broom with sheepskin 'bristles'. Total number of items is 3.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs T Harvey in 1985.
Marks and inscriptions
On the base of the Hoover: 'MADE IN ENGLAND/ No33725/ 4A/ HOOVERmodel 262/ DCA/ COPYRIGHT DESIGN'