Games - Croquet, Golf, Cricket and Tennis, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4505-4)

2016 Exhibit
Games - Croquet, Golf, Cricket and Tennis, The Queens Dolls House postcards (Raphael Tuck 4505-4) (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 "Games - Croquet, Golf, Cricket and Tennis", 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 4505-4. These postcards started to be produced in 1924, when the dollhouse first went on public display.

SERIES VI: ROUND ABOUT THE HOUSE

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4505-4: GAMES–CROQUET, GOLF, CRICKET AND TENNIS.

Well-known professionals (Ben Sayers and C. Gibson) have made the golf clubs for the Queen's Dolls' House. These average 3½ inches in length, the spacious bag being about 2½ inches high. The tennis racket is only seven-eighths of an inch across, with press complete, and the cricket, croquet and tennis balls are the size of peas.

— Raphael Tuck & Sons, Postcard 4505-4, -

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