Summary

Toy oven mitt with multicoloured check pattern, embroidered.

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 oven mit, embroidered in a check pattern, eight by eight squares, in red, blue, orange, brown, cream, purple, pink, and light and dark green. Brown rope edge held with red stitching, looped at end to form a hook for hanging. Back has red cloth covering with significant insect losses. Minor looses also on upper surface.

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