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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, ...