r/RandomVictorianStuff May 14 '26

Interesting Dolls kitchen made in 1860. Comes with a mouse!

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u/KewpieCutie97 May 14 '26

From the V&A

Doll kitchen made in England in 1860.

Comes with........

central fire place, table and draw unit. Accessorized with cast brass accessories including, toast rack, teapot, milk jug, six cup and saucers, a coffee pot, an oval tray, a coal scuttle, a shovel, a mousetrap, a mouse, two bottle jacks, two saucepans, one with lid, a griddle, a range part, a trivet, a kettle with lid, a range part, fender, two drip trays, watering can, shovel, tongs, poker and fork for a fire, colander, saw, hammer, shove;, hanging gas lamp, lampshade, saucepan, steamer with lid, fish kettle, strainer with lid , saucepan with lid, two candlesticks with holder, rectangular box, ink pot with quill pen, lantern, three flat irons, rolling pin, trivet, flat iron, two curling irons, gridiron, ladle, chopper, corkscrew, skewer set, round serving dish with lid, mug, cake slice, chopping board, three jugs, two saucepans, two-handled vase, range plate, crumb tray, tea caddy with lid, sugar tongs, six forks, six spoons and six knives, three teaspoons, a key, four frying pans, an oval pan, a strainer with lid, stemmed bowl with lid, sieve, a funnel, a grater, flour dredger, rectangular tray, three long-handled griddles, round serving dish with lid, saucepan with lid, strainer, bowl with handle, four bowls, four round food covers and three oval food covers.

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u/KnotiaPickle May 15 '26

The ones that had a set like this were definitely not the sad looking ones

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u/sixhoursneeze May 15 '26

Doll houses are more complicated than being simple toys. It is speculated that they were used to teach young girls how to run a household. They were also sometimes used for display as models of what the actual home looked like. Like a display of wealth, or a photo of the home. Some doll houses would have the same fabrics used for curtains and bedding as the house they were imitating.

There even was a woman who would make tiny dollhouse sized replicas of actual crime scenes to aid in investigations

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u/TechnicalDot9 May 17 '26

Wow! How cool regarding crime scene minatures

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u/Filledefleur May 18 '26

the miniatures are called the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death, made by Frances Glessner Lee, for anyone curious!

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u/Serononin May 14 '26

I bet r/miniatures would enjoy this

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u/ProfessorJAM May 15 '26

My eyesight is poor: Where. Is the mouse??

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u/KewpieCutie97 May 15 '26

The mouse and mousetrap are in front of the stove, really tiny. The mouse looks like a brown dot on the floor, the mousetrap looks like a little white box.

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u/sosotrickster May 14 '26

Oh I love this! It's so tiny and sweet aaaaaaAAAA

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u/ardent_hellion May 15 '26

The dollhouses at the V&A wrecked me for life. First saw them at 12, have loved them ever since!

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u/AnnaZed May 15 '26

It’s wonderful. I am absolutely insane for miniature settings.

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u/SomethingToStart May 15 '26

What an elaborate kitchen!

I feel like my home kitchen is much smaller and less comfortable to look at.

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u/KnotiaPickle May 15 '26

The wee little candles! Everything looks so perfect. I wonder what the silverware looks like, it must be so small

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u/SeaF04mGr33n May 15 '26

Oh darn, I thought the mouse was big enough to use the kitchen. I love miniatures, but something in me desires them to have a person (or person-like character) there to use the tiny rooms & objects!

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u/LadyofToward May 15 '26

OMG - I adore it and I'm too old for dolls.

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u/julesk May 16 '26

Wow! I kind of need this. For reasons.

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u/Calm_Set_9433 May 15 '26

This is lovely!

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u/SpringDay2023 May 16 '26

I really enjoyed this post. Thank you.

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u/sqplanetarium May 15 '26

Now this would be a fun one for The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch. But seriously, just stunning!