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The Fleet Off-Shore

This is an oil painting on panel depicting the English fleet, including HMS Victory and HMS Kent, lying off the coast of Plymouth. It was painted by an artist from the English Provincial School, between ...

The Parade, Leamington Spa

Black and white postcard with a view of The Lower Parade with children in the foreground. 83mm x 138mm

Tip-Cat (detail)

The tip-cat is made of polished wood and has a handwritten inscription in ink : 'This was Joseph Yeats' tip cat when he was a boy about 8 years old 1768. Wm. Yeats his son owned it... being stolen by ...

Toy

A Victorian toy comprising of a rectangular wooden box containing twenty cubes, with each face bearing part of six possible pictures. There are also five printed sheets depicting the complete pictures. ...

Toy

This is a Senegalese toy from West Africa. The toy is made from wood painted in red, yellow, orange and green. The large box opens to reveal six smaller boxes inside.

Toy

This is a Senegalese toy from West Africa. The toy is made from wood painted in red, yellow, orange, black and green. The large orange box contains two smaller boxes, one yellow, one green. Both have ...

Toy

A wooden box, from the USA, with a printed top, 1897. The box has four compartments inside which contain packs of playing cards, known as the Game of Authors.

Toy Animals

These toy circus animals were made by the American firm of Schoenhut. They are made of wood, with jointed legs and necks.

Toy Dinner Service

This toy dinner service was made in England by Ridgways. It consists of dinner plates, serving dishes, and sauce boats.

Toy Horse

This carved and painted wooden horse is mounted on a wheeled platform so that it can be pulled along.

Toy Horse and Cart

This wooden horse and cart was a Victorian child's toy. The black, painted inscription on the front of the cart reads: 'A.W.C. Ltd. / Builders'.

Toy Roulette Wheel

A small wooden toy roulette wheel inside a cylindrical wooden box with a lid. The box lid has a round hole in the top. The box also contains a small metal ball for playing.

Toy Soldiers

These metal toy soldiers are sometimes called 'flats', because they are flatter and less 3-dimensional than toy soldiers made later. These soldiers are wearing uniforms from the early 19th century.

Toy Train

Wooden train made by German prisoners of war.

Toy Train

This painted wooden train set dates from the mid 19th century, and was probably made in Germany. The complete set consists of an engine and nine coaches, with a wooden track and six trees. Mid 19th ...

Train Set

This train set was made by 'Hornby', the firm founded by Frank Hornby at the start of the 20th century. 'Hornby' began making the construction toy 'Meccano' in 1907, and introduced toy trains in 1920.

Untitled

John Burgess (Junior) (1813-1874) Untitled Pencil on paper 115mm x 110mm Sketches of a child playing with a cat, and two cats in detail. This is one of many drawings collected into a large scrapbook.

Walking Doll

This 'walking doll' is known as 'Autoperipatetikos'. The walking mechanism is operated by clockwork, hidden under the doll's skirts. It was patented in 1862, and the dolls were produced by various ...