Frances Armstrong
Miniature teasets
in approximately 1/12 scale
As on the other pages of this site, items are not for sale. I am hoping visitors will be able to help me identify the makers, or give me any other information
This teaset is on a tray measuring about two inches across. I don't know anything about it. I don't think it has always been on this tray, because there is another cup and saucer that won't fit in. I bought it at Kay Desmonde's shop in Kensington Church Wallk, London, in 1975.
This teaset I obtained only a week ago at an estate sale. It's all made of wood, and the pieces fit inside the wooden "doorknob" behind them, the tray acting as a lid. "Mallorca" is written on the box.
It looks old, but it also looks like something that could have been made for tourists quite recently. I do know that Dickens refers to teasets in little containers (David Copperfield [1849-50] chapter 31)..
Can anyone tell me more?
Plain white teaset. I'll get a better photo as soon as I can. The bead-headed pin gives some idea of size. The sugar basin has (I hope) a lid. I bought this set also at Kay Desmonde's shop in 1975..
This page was last updated on: December 9, 2004
