Summary

Alternative Name(s): Toiletries Set, Chamber Set, Washbasin Set

White ceramic toy wash basin and jug set. The set was displayed on HT 53284, Washstand.

Part of a dolls' house, built around 1920 by Neil McArthur for his much younger half-sister Elizabeth (Beth) Twycross, born in 1917. Neil made the doll's house out of found materials including cigar boxes; he also made many of the furnishings in the doll's house. Some of the contents of the doll's house may date back to the 1860s, played with by ancestor Charlotte Twycross; most date to either the 1920s or the 1940s-50s. In the early 1950s the donor was given the spruced-up doll's house as a birthday present by her parents. In later years her own daughter later added items, although she wasn't allowed to play due to its fragility.

Physical Description

Toy wash basin and jug, white ceramic with thin clear glaze. Jug has simple handle that curves outwards from the line of the lip and runs through to the base. Basin is slightly flared at mouth.

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