Doll
A North American Indian girl doll, with painted moveable head, arms, and legs. The doll has black hair, a yellow dress, black belt, and a brown, yellow and blue fringe. It has been suggested that the ...
Doll
A New Zealand Maori girl doll with dark hair, a woven shawl, and a grass skirt.
Doll
A celluloid male doll in English Guards uniform. It has cloth arms, a black busby hat, a red jacket, blue trousers and a sporran.
Doll
A black fabric doll wearing a maid's costume. The costume consists of a black dress and white apron, collar and cap. It is thought that this doll was made to coincide with the release of the film Gone ...
Doll from Duenna
Doll from Duenna. A wooden doll on a peg leg with wire arms. She is wearing the costume of Duenna, a pink checked dress with a grey tassled scarf.
Doll in Traditional Scottish Costume
This is a doll of a Scottish man in traditional national costume. It is made of bisque and ceramic and wears a black jacket with a brown and black tartan kilt. The doll is one of a large collection of ...
Dolls
Many small dolls made of fabric inside a fabric shoe. This toy was inspired by the nursery rhyme The Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe.
Educational Alphabet Toy
This educational toy dates from about 1830. It was used to teach children the alphabet and depicts letters with related images and information. When the handles at the front are turned the paper scrolls ...
Escalado
This Escalado game was given to Allan Jennings when he was aged six. He often played the game with his friends when it was too wet to go outside. The game was lots of fun and was enjoyed by different ...
Figure
This is a carved wooden figure of a Burman. It is wearing a white Pasoe, or shirtcloth, with a long pink skirt, decorated with the Acheik pattern. On it's head is a pink Gaung Baung (headress). Originally ...
Figure
This is a carved wooden figure of a woman from central lowland Burma. It is wearing a white Htamein shirtcloth with a long black and gold skirt. Originally the figure may have held a fan or an umberella. ...
Happy Families Playing Cards
A complete set of Happy Families playing cards in a box. Each card bears a picture of a family member from one of the Happy Families and a description, for example: 'Miss Block the Barber's Daughter'. ...
Happy Families Playing Cards
A complete set of Happy Families playing cards, without the box. There are both words and pictures on each card.
Japanese Dolls
Not all dolls were made to play with. These Japanese Festival Dolls (hina-ningyo) represent Samurai warriors. They were brought out on 'Tango-no-skku' (Boys' Festival) and displayed in the home.
Festival ...
Lace-making doll
A lace making doll made of wire and fabric. She is wearing a pink and white checked dress and bonnet. The doll is part of a lace making model.
Lifeboat model
This is a polychrome painted wooden model of a lifeboat in a glass display case. There is a painted backdrop of a seascape, and the lifeboat is on a carriage with its sails set.
This is English and ...
Lifeboat model - detail of interior
Polychrome wood model of a lifeboat with sails set, on a carriage, within a glazed display case. A painted seascape backdrop.
Height 465mm, Width 610mm, Depth 310mm
Early 20th century. England.
Lifeboat model - detail of wheel
Polychrome wood model of a lifeboat with sails set, on a carriage, within a glazed display case. A painted seascape backdrop.
Height 465mm, Width 610mm, Depth 310mm
Early 20th century. England.