Wooden Dolls

Left to right;  The Pennywood is 29 cm high and she came with a paper clothes pattern for the purchaser to make the clothes.  The second doll was made by R. E. Jeffreys, my uncle, in 1985 as a special request.  It came without a face so I painted the face on.  It is 29 cm high. The third doll is wearing a blue floral dress and bonnet and has a painted pink face and arms.  I brought it in 1985 undressed.  It is 28 cm high and I was told it was made by a lady in New Zealand.   The forth doll on the far right was made by my uncle in 1985 at the same time as the other wooden doll.  She also came without a face so I painted the face.   It is 26.5 cm high.

Mary Lou dolls.
 The doll on left has a cream head, which could have originally been white and is 17 cm from head to feet.   The one on right is 18 cm long from head to feet.  I also have one with a pink head.

 XV An Antique Peg Doll Looking Through A Miniature Rosewood Chest. This blank card has Ward Mason Hill Design 1996, made in New Zealand on the back.

The inscription underneath this picture reads; The wooden, jointed lady doing her wash is from “Baby’s Book of Rhymes and Pictures.”

Wooden Pull Along Toys

Thelma and Serene are looking at the wooden pull along toy display.

The first one they look at is an elephant.

Next is the big red and pink rabbit.

Serene gives the duck a cuddle.

Serene and Thelma sit down and play with the friendly dog.

Serene and Thelma climb on the Buzzy Bee Twirly Whirly to have a ride.   The  rabbit has no wheels so he can't pull them along.

The ladybird would give them a ride if she could fly, but she can't.

They can't climb on the turtle's back.  The turtle was made in 2010.

The grasshopper has strong back legs but his back is too narrow for them to sit on for a ride.

 

This is another friendly dog the girls can pat.

These dogs tell Thelma and Serene that there is only one more toy to see.

The last toy is a push along toy.   The drummer boy plays his drum when he is pushed along.