Porcelain Head Doll
This doll has a head made from untinted bisque. This is a matt (unshiny) porcelain with painted features added, but is otherwise left white.
It has a fabric body, with bisque arms and legs. The clothes ...
Porcelain Head Doll
This fashion doll was probably made in France, perhaps by the firm of Pierre Jumeau.
Fashion dolls were popular between 1860 - 1890, and were made to look like elegant young women.
This doll has ...
Porcelain Head Doll
This doll has a bisque head - a matt (unshiny) porcelain, with closing blue glass eyes and a mohair wig. Its body is made from leather, with bisque arms and composition legs.
Porcelain Head Doll
This doll's head was made in Germany by the maker Armand Marseille. His porcelain factory began making bisque doll's heads from c.1890, and became one of Europe's biggest producers.
Bisque is a matt ...
Pot Head Doll
This doll was made in Staffordshire during World War I (1914 - 1918).
Imported German dolls were not available during the war, and some English porcelain factories made doll heads to fill the gap left ...
Puppet
Wooden articulated 'Jolly Boy' puppet.
Puppet
This string puppet represents 'Muffin the Mule', a popular puppet character on children's television.
Puppets
These glove puppets represent 'Sooty' and 'Sweep', two popular puppet characters on children's television.
They are made from fur fabric, and belonged to a brother and sister called Sophie and Jeremy ...
Rag Doll
For hundreds of years rag dolls were made at home, using old scraps of material and trimmings.
Factory-made rag dolls date from the mid 19th century.
This one has been printed onto cotton sheets ...
Rag Doll
Rag dolls, made from fabric, have been popular for hundreds of years. They could be made at home, using any scraps of material and trimming.
Factory-made rag dolls date from the mid 19th century. By ...
Rag Doll
This little sailor doll, made of velvet, is by the Norah Wellings factory.
Norah Wellings began work with the Chad Valley Company, but set up in business on her own in the 1920's.
Sailor dolls like ...
Slipper and Wooden Dolls
Embroidered slipper filled with a collection of small dolls. The dolls are all made of wood, with jointed limbs and painted hair and faces. They would have been very cheap to buy, and were probably made ...
Small Barrel or Costrel
This small wooden barrel, or costrel, has an iron handle and iron rings to hold the staves, wooden strips, in place. Costrels were used by farm workers to carry their beer and cider out to the fields. ...
Soft Toy
This teddy bear belonged to a girl called Sarah. She was born during World War II (1939 - 1945), when materials for dolls and toys were in short supply. He is home-made, using odd pieces of fabric in ...
Soft Toy - dog
This fabric dog is made of velvet, with button eyes.
It was made by the Dean's Rag Book Company, who began making children's cloth books in 1905. They then expanded to produce dolls and soft toys.
Soft Toys
This group of soft toys belonged to a girl called Sarah. She was born during World War II (1939 - 1945), when materials for dolls and toys were in short supply.
They are all home-made, using odd pieces ...
Tea Caddy
Mahogany tea caddy, with hinged lid and brass key plate, escutcheon.Tea was expensive, and was often kept in a decorative locked box, or 'caddy', by the lady of the household.
Early 19th century
254mm ...
Tea Caddy with lid open
Inside, the caddy is lined with red paper. It is a 'triple caddy', with three compartments - two for storing tea (green and black), with a glass bowl in the middle for mixing them. Ladies often mixed, ...