Friday, 29 December 2017

More Miniatures at the Museum of London

Another bonus when we visited the Museum of London to see the Blackett Baby House was a cabinet full of dolls' house miniatures, on display next to the toy shop in the Victorian Walk (a mock-up in the museum of a Victorian street).


Who wouldn't love to have this two inch (5 cm) tall guilt bird cage containing a tiny glass bird to grace their dolls' house?


And we weren't expecting to see this fabulous and very rare Ladies Guild bed. Of course, I was with my friend Claire who is lucky enough to own one of these! 


This finely painted, turned wooden tea set from Germany is very drool-worthy...





...as are these tiny glass and stone-ware items.


And this...well, just heavenly! Sigh.


We did laugh though at this beautiful Evans & Cartwright fireplace which, for some strange reason, is displayed upside down!

Until next time,
Zoe


6 comments:

  1. Wonderful, glad you spotted these.

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    1. Yes, we didn’t have time to look at everything in the museum properly but I think we managed to find all of the dolls’ house related items. It helped that I was with Claire who seems to have an innate talent for sniffing out miniatures! LOL

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  2. Thank you for these three posts Zoe. The Museum of London is one of my favourite museums but I am always worn out by the time I get to the Victorian streets. I always plan to start there the next time but get sidetracked...

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    1. Ha, yes, there is certainly plenty in there to be sidetracked by. It’s an interesting museum altogether and with free admission too.

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  3. What wonderful things Zoe! The treen is the finest I have ever seen.

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    1. And that from a ‘treen girl’ like yourself! I was amused by the very literal translation to English of ‘Theezeug’ on the box.

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