Plastic Doll
New plastics, developed during World War II (1939 - 1945), were used for doll and toy making from 1945. They largely replaced more traditional materials like porcelain and composition.
This 'black' ...
Plastic Doll
In the 1950's, new plastics (polyethylene, or 'vinyl') gave manufacturers a soft and flexible material for producing dolls.
This doll has a hard plastic body and legs, with soft plastic head and arms.
The ...
Plastic Doll
This plastic fashion doll, called 'Little Miss Vogue', comes with the original box and several fashionable outfits from the early 1960's.
The head is made from soft plastic, with the hair inserted ...
Pocket Mirror
A metal pocket mirror from India, in a tan leather wallet, 1939-1945.
Pocket Watch
A gold engraved pocket watch with a white face and black Roman numerals. The watch has a small seconds dial and ring for suspension, c.1878.
Pocket Watch
The watch has a silver casing which bears a London silver mark and the letters 'TG'. It has a gold or gilt movement and hands, with a black figuring and a seconds dial. The watch face is inscribed, c.1800-1820....
Pocket Watch
A gold coloured watch with a black face. There is one hand for the minutes and the hours appear in a small window at the top, the watch is currently showing the time as just gone half past three.
Pocket Watch
A silver-hallmarked pocket watch and case from London. The watch has a white face with Roman numerals, an indented decoration, and the minutes figuring round the outer rim of the dial. The verge movement ...
Pocket Watch
A London-hallmarked pocket watch with a silver case. It has a white face with Roman numerals telling the hours and numerals telling the minutes. There is also an indented ornamentation and gold or gilt ...
Pocket Watch
A pocket watch, from Birmingham. The watch case is made of black metal with a gold/gilt covering. The watch has a lace-white enamel face with Roman numerals and seconds figured on the outside. There is ...
Pocket Watch
A gold-cased pocket watch. The initials I.B. and the date, 1764, are scratched into the interior of the case. There is some filigree gold ornamentation on the movement. The watch has a white face with ...
Pocket Watch
A London-hallmarked pocket watch with a silver cylindrical case, gold/gilt verge movement and ornamented hands. It has a white face with Roman numerals telling the hours and numerals telling the minutes. ...
Pocket Watch
A verge movement from a pocket watch, without a case or face. It has a gold/gilt pierced filigree ornamentation, and was made by Ben Gray of London, 1676-1714.
Pocket Watch
A metal watch with engraved movement by Robert Higgs of London. The watch case has a red tortoiseshell-style inlay and blue silk lining.
Pony and trap whirligig
This whirligig is in the form of a man and woman sitting in a horse-drawn trap. It is made of polychrome wood and metal, and is mounted with a propeller. As the propeller turns, the horse's legs move ...
Pony and trap whirligig
This whirligig is in the form of a man and woman sitting in a horse-drawn trap. It is made of polychrome wood and metal, and is mounted with a propeller. As the propeller turns, the horse's legs move ...
Pony and trap whirligig - 3/4 view
This whirligig is in the form of a man and woman sitting in a horse-drawn trap. It is made of polychrome wood and metal, and is mounted with a propeller. As the propeller turns, the horse's legs move ...
Population explosion
This is a patchwork on canvas showing a woman in bed, with seven young babies wrapped beside her. It is made from scraps of cloth by Elizabeth Allen, who made a series of collages that with a serious ...