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Subiaco Museum > Records

TOY: BONE CHINA TEA SET

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c. 1925

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Overview

Child's miniature toy 21 piece bone china tea set used as a toy by Ms Paula Hanson and Ms Barbara Perrin when they were children. The blue and white tea set consists of 6 cups, 6 saucers, 6 bread and butter plates, one teapot with lid, one milk jug, one sugar bowl with lid missing. Each of the cups, plates, teapot, milk jug and sugar bowl has a red, green, blue and yellow floral motif.

a) and b) teapot and lid.

c) milk jug.

d) sugar bowl, no lid.

e-j) cups. NB: Cup (I) is cracked and has been temporarily repaired with invisible sticky tape.

k-p) saucers.

q-v) bread and butter plates.

Historical information

Child's miniature tea set played with by donor Joan Hanson and her sister Barbara Perrin, nee Webb, when they were children. Ms Hanson of 2 Linden Gardens, Floreat and Ms Perrin of 42 Peel Street, Jolimont.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-43-2006.13a-v

Item type

Themes

Inscriptions and markings

Made in Japan

Keywords

Peel Street, Jolimont

PERRIN, Barbara (Nee Webb)

Year

Statement of significance

Social significance: an example of children's toys of the period used by the Donor in Subiaco

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Aesthetic:

Provenance:

Representativeness:

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

Last modified

Monday, 30 June, 2025

Completeness

94

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