Summary

Alternative Name(s): Placemats; Placemat Set; Plates.

Set of seven cardboard willow pattern doll's dinner plates: three large, three small and a larger oval serving plate. They may also have been used as placemats.

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

Set of seven circular cardboard pieces, printed with Willow pattern, in blue on white with gold rim. Probably representing plates, three of the pieces are small and circular; three more are larger and also circular; the largest piece is oval. Each piece has been pressed to suggest the dip at the centre of a place. All pieces are off-white on reverse.

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