Tag Archives: creel

Hello, Dolly!

We recently had a visit from Olivia Bristol, ex-head of the Doll, Teddy Bear and Toy department at auctioneers Christie’s. We spent an action-packed afternoon working through Discovery Museum’s doll collection with Olivia, and she kindly helped us to identify… Read more

Baskets

Today I have been showing one of the baskets in the museums’ collection to a member of the Northumbria Basketry Group. The group were interested in seeing the replica creel that we had in our collection to compare it some… Read more