Doll's house clock
Kleeware
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic and wood
Measurements
Plastic clock - 41 mm (length); 18 mm (height); 11 mm (depth), Wooden clock - 45 mm (length); 20 mm (height); 13 mm (depth)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669020
Summary
Two doll's house size mantel clocks, one wooden, one plastic. The wooden clock is painted a dark green-black and the clock face is made of paper. The printed time is five to eleven. The base is unpainted. The plastic clock is red, with a clear plastic window over the paper clock face. The printed time is ten past seven. Printed on the back is 'Kleeware' and 'Made In England'. Total number of items is 2.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Nina Hooley in 1976. Part of the contents of a large doll's house (catalogued as 661760) given to the donor in 1919, when she was 6 years old.
Marks and inscriptions
On the back of the plastic clock: 'Kleeware/ MADE IN/ ENGLAND'
Makers and roles
Kleeware , maker