This miniature coal shovel is taken from the fireplace in the drawing room of Lady Anne Blackett's dolls' house. 'Baby houses' were often miniature replicas of real country houses with the interiors reproduced to scale.
Category:
Social History
Object ID:
37.13/117
Object name:
dolls' house furnishing, miniature shovel
Object type:
dolls' house furnishing, miniature shovel
Artist/Maker:
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Related people:
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Related events:
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Related places:
England
Production date:
c. 1760
Material:
brass
Measurements/duration:
L 82 mm, W 30 mm, L 82 mm, W 30 mm, D 7 mm (overall)