This is a large, four storey, wooden doll’s house. I t was made for Phyllis Dulce Warwick in about 1895 when she was 8 years old. The rooms are furnished with the original objects.
The doll’s house is wired for electricity and still has original carbon filament bulbs (very few real houses would have been lit by electricity in 1895).
The most interesting and unusual piece of furniture is the miniature Ice Chest. On top there is a hinged lid revealing the space where the block of ice would be stored, the interior is painted grey to represent the metal lining the full-sized chest would have. On the shelf in the cold compartment there is a miniature cooked chicken. Ice Chests as a form of cold storage became popular in the late 19th Century.
Information by - Sarah Maultby
YORCM : 1972.51
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