C & T Auctioneers and Valuers Ltd
Lot 1
A fine and early English painted wooden dolls house on original stand, 1820s/30s, the painted sand stone façade and sides with painted quoining and five glazed windows to façade with painted window bars and moulded sills, painted woodgrain effect panelled dummy front door with shallow portico and original lock. Grey slate effect pitched roof with three chimneys, the front slides open to reveal six rooms on two levels. Kitchen with cream and brown floral papers and plain floor, built in shelves and tinplate Evans and Cartwright cooking range, Dining room with pink and green floral wallpapers, red floral carpet with tapestry border and large tinplate Evans and Cartwright fireplace, hallway with grain effect papers, upper level with three equal sized rooms, two with early light blue papers the other in cream, all with carpets and small Evans and Cartwright tinplate fireplaces. Mounted on original matching stand (house can be removed from base), 48” (122cm) tall, 35 ½” (95cm) wide, 16 ½” (42cm) deep, (condition: a good example of an early 19th century family house with original painted façade and base, small crack to two windows, later nails to one kitchen wall, two small splits to roof, one small fireplace lacks gilt guard and one side pillar). Please note, for viewing, shipping and collection of these lots please contact Leigh Gotch at C&T Auctioneers direct.
