Miniature sugar bowl; XHH.2774.54.2
Miniature sugar bowl
About this object
The dollhouse (XHH.2774.1)
includes this miniature sugar bowl along with a variety of other accessories and furniture. Blanche Gorrie (nee Buckland) gave this dollhouse to her granddaughter, Lesley Buckland Gorrie, as a birthday present.
For centuries, dollhouses and their accessories have been popular children’s toys. Young girls were encouraged to play with dollhouses as they were thought to be efficient learning aids in teaching them how to run a household. (1)
Before the wide availability of mass produced children’s toys in the mid-twentieth century, dollhouses and furniture accessories were mostly handmade, and some showed immense craftsmanship and skill. (2) This dollhouse and some of its accessories were made by returned servicemen who had served in the First World War. It is likely that the dollhouse furniture is combination of handmade pieces produced by these ex-servicemen as well as other items collected by Lesley over a period of time.
This miniature sugar bowl is made from ceramic and is glazed in a gold lustre. It is part of a miniature tea set which also includes a milk jug (XHH.2774.54.1)
, cup (XHH.2774.54.3)
, and saucer (XHH.2774.54.4)
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(1) Museum of Childhood, ‘Dolls’ houses and miniatures,’ URL: http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk/collections/dolls-houses-and-miniatures
(2) Peter Clayworth, ‘Children’s play – Toys – from homemade to mass market,’ Te Ara – The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, URL: www.teara.govt.nz/en/childrens-play/page-6
For more information about the Buckland family and Highwic, which is cared for by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga, visit our website.
Ceramic
Measurements2.4 x 3.2 x 3.9cm
Subject and Association Keywords Credit LineCollection of Highwic, Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga
Object Type Object numberXHH.2774.54.2
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