Doll's house cooker
Meccano Ltd
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal
Measurements
27 mm (width); 36 mm (height); 20 mm (depth)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669027
Summary
A doll's house size cooker made of a metal alloy and painted with a simulated enamel blue-green coloured paint with a cream coloured door. The underside carries the inscription 'Dinky Toys, made in England by Meccano Limited'. One hinge on the door is broken.
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 underside of the cooker: 'DINKY TOYS/ MADE IN ENGLAND/ BY/ MECCANO LIMITED'
Makers and roles
Meccano Ltd, maker