For Antique Dollhouse Queen Mary's Dolls House Miniature Times Newspaper c1920s

  
Scarce copy of "The Times Newspaper 1785 A Miniature Facsimile of The Times printed for the Queen's Dolls' House". The famous antique dolls house built especially for Queen Mary. Antique circa 1924 this original miniature "The Times" newspaper was provided as a souvenir probably at the British Empire Exhibition after the similar one that was made as an accessory for the very famous Queen Mary's Dolls House that is part of our Royal Collection Trust. Queen Mary was reputed to be a huge fan of dolls' houses and the idea was to make a house as a gift for the British Nation with all the leading manufacturers, artists and designers contributing to her house as morale booster to exhibit for the nation. There is a plethora of available literature about this including online information, this miniature Times Newspaper is well documented.

The paper itself consists of a sheet of very thin and delicate, almost onion skin, printed paper 2 1/2" inches x 2 inches approximately folded into 4 sides with miniscule print some of the headlines including "Royal Edition" are legible as well as what appears to be the date'Jan 1924" and it is in very good condition. It comes with the original Manila Envelope that is in slightly worn condition with the flap detached but present.

A paper conservator could easily do an archival repair on this but it never bothered me so I left it, the newspaper inside is just about perfect. A sought after original Queen Mary's Dolls' House Collectable with great provenance that is getting very hard to source this tiny bit of ephemera that is now over a 100 years old. I have tried to price fairly for condition one went through a major toy auctioneers in the UK recently, easy to google, and achieved a hundred and seventy five pounds.

I have taken photo in the doorway of one of my houses as a'lifestyle picture', any other items in the photos other than the newspaper described in this listing are not included in this sale.