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toy, tea set

human history
  • Description

    child's toy tea set

    consists of two teacups and saucers, a plate, a teapot with lid, and sugar bowl with lid; white porcelain with green transfer designs; set features three repeating illustrated scenes: boy pushing girl in a wheelbarrow, with a dog beside; two children finding a bird's nest; a sheep sitting on a girl's lap with another girl putting a floral wreath around its neck; lids of sugar bowl and teapot are flower-shaped; three-leaf clover stamped on bottom of each saucer

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1959.137
  • Accession Date
    1959
  • Other Id

    col.1032 (colonial)

    35914 (ethnology)

  • Department
toy, tea set, 1959.137, col.1032, 35914, Photographed 10 Feb… … Read more

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