#102

Early Danish Doll House with Furnishings Known as "Mormors Hus
Live Auction

$10,000
sold
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Description

40"h. x 38"w x 19"d. The large wooden red-painted house has black painted steepled roof with step-shaped roof line at the edges and 2 center chimneys. There are two windows at each side and 8 arched windows at the front. The front hinges open at the center for access to the house. The interior features four large square rooms with connecting doorways having curtains, paper and paint of some age but may not be original; there is a hand-painted paper panel at the back wall. Three rooms have ceiling fixtures. The contents include fireplace, a petite Biedermeier ensemble featuring four cabinet pieces and sofa and 4 chairs, early maple bedroom ensemble with canopy bed and Gothic style chairs, rare painted tin buffet, chest and table, wooden dry sink and work table, cast iron stove, and four ladder back rush seat chairs. Accessories include a fine decoupage folding screen, metal cradle, sewing basket, bird cage, candleholders, pewter tray and dishes, blown glass dishes, "wishbone" chair, blue kitchen enamelware, blue and white canisters mortar and pestle, utensil racks, mantel clock, mirror with sconce, brass coal scuttle, and two unusual gesso medallions depicting Rousseau and Daniel McDowell Esquire. Two early bisque dolls with sculpted hair live in the house. The house is known as "Mormors Hus" (Grandmother's House), Denmark, circa 1870, and had originally belonged to the grandmother of Estrid Faurholt (see introduction).