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Child's Cooking Stove

1890-1900 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Germany (manufactured)

Child's toy cooking stove made from brass or similar alloy. It stands on four small claw feet, with a cylindrical chimney located a the rear proper left. The stove has two brass oven doors: one to the proper left side and one in the centre. The former opens to reveal a long baking tin. On the opposite side is a brass hot water tank with a tap in front. The cooker has been painted mostly black, with surround at the top of the stove and the top of the funnel left untouched.

Object details

Categories
Toys & Games
Eating
Play
Object type
Child's cooking stove
Materials and techniques
Pressed and painted metal
Metal
Brass
Paint
Pressing
Painting
Brief description
Metal, German, 1890-1900
Physical description
Child's toy cooking stove made from brass or similar alloy. It stands on four small claw feet, with a cylindrical chimney located a the rear proper left. The stove has two brass oven doors: one to the proper left side and one in the centre. The former opens to reveal a long baking tin. On the opposite side is a brass hot water tank with a tap in front. The cooker has been painted mostly black, with surround at the top of the stove and the top of the funnel left untouched.
Gallery label
(01/07/2023)
All work and all play

Playing with a cooker and washing machine might seem like we’ve been tricked into doing chores, but it can feel good to take charge of our spaces.

It’s not all about responsibility though – sometimes it’s just fun to pretend to be a grown-up.

[Young V&A, Imagine Gallery, Small Worlds, group object label]
Credit line
Given by Mr and Mrs B. and D. Lewis
Object history
Given by Mr and Mrs B.D. Lewis [86/1078]
Subject depicted
Stoves
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
MISC.628-1986

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1119957/childs-cooking-stove-unknown/
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