This week I bought these great items at a local auction. They are big scale (dresser height 8 inches) but I am sure I can find somewhere to place them. The dresser has the word "British Made" on the top and a symbol on the back which looks like DWB.
The sink is 7 inches tall, I have seen this item in the past, but in a different colourway (green I think). There are no makers markings on it.
The blue dresser is a little worse for wear, and has the same markings as the red dresser, except there is the word "Easiwork" across the top. it also has a charming metal dispenser - probably for flour?
The cooking range is a fab shade of green, with Made in England printed on the front in cream. Total height just under 7 ins, if anyone has any more information about them I would love to hear from you. Many thanks.
This week I bought these great items at a local auction. They are big scale (dresser height 8 inches) but I am sure I can find somewhere to place them. The dresser has the word "British Made" on the top and a symbol on the back which looks like DWB.
The sink is 7 inches tall, I have seen this item in the past, but in a different colourway (green I think). There are no makers markings on it.
The blue dresser is a little worse for wear, and has the same markings as the red dresser, except there is the word "Easiwork" across the top. it also has a charming metal dispenser - probably for flour?
The cooking range is a fab shade of green, with Made in England printed on the front in cream. Total height just under 7 ins, if anyone has any more information about them I would love to hear from you. Many thanks.
Hello, DWB is Dixon Brothers and Wood Ltd. they started in 1916 as Dixon Bros, added Wood later, finished 1937. Factory in Stratford, east London.Made 2 dressers, cooker,mangle, stove etc. -said they were"better than foreign"!Margaret
ReplyDeleteOh, lucky you! I love them, especially the metal dispenser :-)
ReplyDeleteThe ones with DBW on them are Dixon Bros and Wood. Marion Osborne's A-Z 1914-1941 reproduces some of their ads - they made a lot of kitchen sets, and some other dolls' and large-scale dolls' house furniture in metal. I did some research on DBW and Romside and published it in the DHPP magazine last year - I've just reposted it on my blog, as Romside Metal Dolls House Components: http://rebeccascollections.blogspot.com/2010/03/romside-metal-dolls-house-components.html .
Thank you both very much, it is not a firm I had come across before and I do not have a copy of Marion's A-Z. Best wishes, Lizzie
ReplyDeleteYou are a lucky Lizzie - these pieces are absolutely wonderful. The sink is really nice but, then, when I look at the photos, I think they are all great!
ReplyDeleteGood also to hear all the information about the companies who produced these pieces.
HI Liz....I love tin as you know so these pieces are particularily attractive to me! I have never seen them before. We have many "Hoosier" cabinets here in America and yes...that "bin" is a flour sifter. You would pour the bag of four in the tin box fixed over the cone shaped piece we can see and when wanted, you would just crank the handle and flour came out all sifted and ready to bake with. I had not seen a sifter on an English piece before. Great piece even with its "wear" condition which is always okay with tin collectors---you have 95% or more of the paint so that's great! Thanks for sharing. I found a pic of some tin kitchen pieces I will email you as they came off of a DVD on English dollhouses (one of my very favorites)--the author said the "monster" pieces were made by Hopkin(s) Bros, England so I'll send the photo to you. They were in a very large Stockbrocker type house so they weren't "THAT" big. Thanks for sharing. Hugs, Louise
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely Lizzie, I feel honoured to have handled them. I thought at the time when I saw them that I had seen 'Easiwork' before and lo and behold this morning, while pouring out my muesli, I saw it again, on the top of my vintage jar lid.
ReplyDeleteDo you think those ones may have been made by a kitchen ware manufacturer rather than a toy maker?
Thank you Louise & Donna for your comments. I think you have an interesting point there Donna.. could be? I will check my emails to see what you have sent me Louise, very many thanks, have a good weekend everybody! xx
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