Doll's house cooker
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal and tinplate
Measurements
84 mm (width); 210 mm (height); 80 mm (depth)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668948
Summary
A doll's house gas cooker made of tinplate and painted with black and cream coloured paint (from 'Bella Vista' doll's house - inventory number 661761). There is a plate rack at head height over a printed plate, with four burners and a grill, over five printed control switches over an open fronted grill. The oven has a pressed shaped door with pressed hinges and a latch. All of this is over a drawer at floor level. The oven has various inscriptions, the dominant one being 'Radiation'. There are various, pipes, controls, doors and vents all marked for purpose.
Marks and inscriptions
On the upper backplate: 'Radiation Patents' On the front of the door: 'JUNIOR/ Radiation/ Patents' Below the front of the door: 'RADIATION/ REGULO CONTROLLED GAS COOKER' On the left side: 'REGULO/ NO 4702' On the right side: 'MADE IN ENGLAND OVEN/ FLUE'