Folk Art Toys from the Polder

+ITCHEN 4HE SMOKE HOOD IS SOMEWHAT LONGER AND HAS A DIFFERENT DECORATION THAN NR X X +ITCHEN 4HE KITCHEN WAS PAINTED OVER 4HIS COAT OF PAINT HAS BEEN REMOVED CAUSING THE COLOUR TO BE LIGHTER THAN NR X X A H Y P O T H E S I S 4HE FOLLOWING SERIES OF PHOTOS TO GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF $UTCH WOODEN TOY KITCHENS AND SHOPS FROM THE PERIOD $URING OUR STUDY OF WOODEN TOYS FROM7ADDINXVEEN WE THOUGHT IT NECESSARY TO INCLUDE ABOVEMENTIONED OBJECTS IN THE STUDY BASED ON AMONG OTHER THINGS DECORATIONS AND STYLE PARALLELS .EVERTHELESS WE DID NOT SUCCEED IN ESTABLISHING CONlRMATION THAT THESE KITCHENS AND SHOPS FROM THE TH CENTURY WERE INDEED MADE IN 7ADDINXVEEN 4HIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE OBJECTS SHOWN HERE AS CHILDREN S TOYS CANNOT HAVE BEEN MADE IN THIS PLACE OF PRODUCTION !LSO THE CONTENTS OF THE KITCHENS SHOW SO MANY STYLE CORRESPONDENCES THAT WE CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY THAT THESE SMALL LACQUERED TIN KITCHEN OBJECTS MUST HAVE BEEN MADE IN SERIES FOR THE TOY KITCHENS SEE NRS TO 7E HOPE THAT BY SHOWING PHOTOS OF THESE OBJECTS MADE IN SERIES IT CERTAINLY IS NOT A HOMEWORKERS INDUSTRY OTHER OBJECTS AND PROBABLY ALSO NEW INFORMATION WILL REACH US ALLOWING US TO CONTINUE THE STUDY