Summary

Cream tin toy stove.

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 pressed metal stove, painted cream on the back and sides, and black on the stovetop. Four metal hooks across the top. Four holes in the stovetop for placing cookware (see HT 53271). Patterned press metal hinged oven door at front, which differs from the brick pattern pressed around the sides. Silver painted rail attached at front. Stove stands on moulded feet at each corner.

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