Doll’s kitchens and doll’s tea and dinner services
Preparing food and meals played a central role in life at a time when ready-made meals from the supermarket or Chinese takeaways were but a distant dream. Preparing food was laborious and Sunday dinner was particularly elaborate – the doll’s kitchens bear witness to this, full of cooking implements that are still the envy of cooking enthusiasts today. The tea and dinner services are as extensive as those used by adults during that period: serving dishes in all shapes and sizes and, in particular, lots and lots of plates, because of the innumerable courses and the lack of dishwashers…
