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.
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 ...
Wax Head Doll
This doll has a wax-over composition head. The head was made from composition - a paper or wood pulp mixture, and then dipped in wax. The brown glass eyes were inserted in holes in the head.
The body ...
Wax Head Doll
This doll's head and limbs have been made by the poured wax method. A hot wax mixture was poured into a plaster mould and left to set. When solid, the head was removed from the mould and finished off ...
Wax Head Doll
This doll was made by the Pierotti workshop. Originally from Italy, the Pierotti family set up a wax-modelling business in England in the early 19th century. They made doll's heads and limbs by pouring ...
Wax Head Doll
This doll has a wax-over-composition head. The head was made from composition - a paper or wood pulp mixture, and then coated with a thin layer of wax.It has a fabric body and legs, with pink leather ...
Wax Head Dolls
These twin dolls have wax-over-composition heads. The composition head was made from a paper or wood pulp mixture, and then dipped in wax. These dolls have real hair, inserted into holes in their heads. ...
Whistling partridge decoy
This is a tole peintre [painted sheet iron] whistling decoy partridge, with detailed plumage. It stands on three supports with a mesh grill aperture to the breast. It is thought to be British and dates ...
Whistling partridge decoy
This is a tole peintre [painted sheet iron] whistling decoy partridges, with detailed plumage. It stands on three supports with a mesh grill aperture to the breast. It is thought to be British and dates ...
Whistling partridge decoys - pair
These are a pair of tole peintre [painted sheet iron] whistling decoy partridge, with detailed plumage. They each stand on three supports with a mesh grill aperture to the breast. They are thought to ...
Wooden Doll
This early doll has a wooden head and jointed body, with leather arms. The head and body are made from one piece of wood, turned on a lathe and then carved.
Wooden dolls like this, made in the 18th ...