Not currently on display at the V&A

Model Butcher's Shop

ca. 1900 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Christian Hacker was a German toymaker of the late nineteenth century who specialised in dolls' houses and toy shops. This butcher's shop set was part of a popular line of models that Hacker began producing in the mid 1870s. The shop features over twenty removable pieces and may have been used as an educational tool to teach children, particularly girls, about the different cuts of meat. The meat featured includes wild boar and the cuts are continental. The shop was probably made for export since the text is in English.


Object details

Category
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 7 parts.

  • Model
  • Model Butcher
  • Model Joints of Meat
  • Model Joints of Meat
  • Model Cat
  • Butcher's Equipment
  • Model Cash-Booth
Materials and techniques
Wood, compostion and paint
Brief description
Model of a butcher's shop made by German toy-maker Christian Hacker in about 1900
Physical description
Model of a butcher's shop made by German toy-maker Christian Hacker around 1900.
Production typeMass produced
Object history
The Butcher Shop was owned by Faith Eaton before being sold at Christie's Auction 25 October 2005.
Summary
Christian Hacker was a German toymaker of the late nineteenth century who specialised in dolls' houses and toy shops. This butcher's shop set was part of a popular line of models that Hacker began producing in the mid 1870s. The shop features over twenty removable pieces and may have been used as an educational tool to teach children, particularly girls, about the different cuts of meat. The meat featured includes wild boar and the cuts are continental. The shop was probably made for export since the text is in English.
Collection
Accession number
B.3:1 to 7-2005

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
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