Regalia in the Strong Room, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4502-8)

2016 Exhibit
Regalia in the Strong Room, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4502-8) (i)
location:
Arch Two , Area 19 Antique and Vintage Dollhouse Miniatures (display)
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==This exhibit is scheduled to go on display during 2016, as part of the museum's 25th anniversary improvements==,

An "Oilette" postcard of "Regalia in the Strong Room", The Queen's Dolls' House (later to be known as Queen Mary's Dolls' House), produced by Raphael Tuck and Sons ("Tuck's Postcards") catalogue number 4502-8. These postcards started to be produced in 1924, when the dollhouse first went on public display.

SERIES III: THE ROYAL BEDROOMS, Etc.

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III: 4502: REGALIA IN STRONG ROOM.

Behind the close-set steel bars in the strong Room of the Queen's Dolls" House may be seen the Sceptre and Orbs, and other symbolic emblems of the Regalia. The King's Crown and the Queen's Crown, encrusted with real tiny jewels, are veritable masterpieces. These beautiful miniatures are replicas of the real crowns so safely guarded by the Beef-eaters in the Tower. Not only is every stone represented, but the great treasures of the Black Prince's ruby, Edward the Confessor's sapphire and the great diamond, Koh-i-noor, are shown in their true proportions.

— Raphael Tuck & Sons, Postcard 4502-8, -

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