Item HT 53418 Vegetables - Plastic, McArthur Family Doll's House

Summary

Set of five toy vegetables, consisting of corn, eggplant, celery, cabbage and peas.

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 five toy vegetables. Made of plastic. Celery coloured cream and green. Corn moulded to look like half in husk. Husk painted cream, kernels on cob painted yellow. Eggplant painted deep purple with green tip. Cabbage spherical, painted cream with green detailing. Bean painted green, with peas visible.