18th Century Material Culture

Dummy Boards
17th Century
English Dummy Board of a Young Child with a Doll
c. 1600
(National Trust - Drago Castle, Devon)
Flemish Dummy Board of a Young Girl Holding a Basket of Fruit
c. 1600
(National Trust - Long Gallery at Chirk Castle)
Flemish Dummy Board of a Young Boy Holding a Hobby Horse Stick and Apple
c. 1600
(National Trust - Long Gallery at Chirk Castle)
English Dummy Board of a Boy Holding an Arrow
c. 1610 - 1625
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
English Dummy Board of a Woman Holding a Broom
c. 1630 - 1650
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
English Dummy Board of a Girl in a Blue Petticoat
c. 1630
(Sudley Castle Glos.)
Dummy Board of a Pimlico Boy Holding a Rattle
17th Century
(Private Collection)
Dummy Board of a Young Girl and Dog
17th Century
(Oakwell Hall)
English Dummy Board of a Young Child with Rattle
c. 1620
(National Trust - Drago Castle, Devon)
Flemish Dummy Board of a Girl Holding an Orange
c. 1630
(Wilberforce House, Yorkshire)
English Dummy Board of a Woman Holding a Mirror
c. 1630 - 1650
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
Dummy Board of the “Lullingstone Sweeper”
17th Century
(Mr. & Mrs. Hart Dyke)
English Dummy Board of a Gentleman Holding a Cane
c. 1680
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
English Dummy Board of a Young Woman Peeling Apples
c. 1690
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
English Dummy Board of a Girl Peeling Apples
c. 1680 - 1700
(Winterthur)
Dummy Board of a Hunter, Possibly German
c. 1700
(Private Collection)
French Dummy Board of a Lady of Fashion
c. 1700
(Chateau de Malle France)
A Pair of English Dummy Boards
Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Sotheby’s)
A Pair of English Dummy Boards
Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)
A Pair of English Dummy Boards
Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Private Collection)
A Pair of English Dummy Boards
Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
English Dummy Board of a Young Girl
Late 17th - Early 18th Century
(Bonhams)
Dummy Board of a Woman with Fontagne Head-Dress
c. 1700
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
A Pair of English Dummy Boards
c. 1700
(Sampson and Horne, London)
18th Century
Dummy Board of a Young Boy & His Dog
Early 18th Century
(Christie’s Auction House)
Dummy Board of a Young Girl Holding Cherries in Her Apron
Early 18th Century
(Horneman Antiques Ltd.)
Dummy Board of a Girl Holding a Basket of Flowers
Early 18th Century
(National Trust)
Dummy Board of a Boy Holding a Hat
Early 18th Century
(National Trust)
Dummy Board of Mr. & Mrs. Isavertue
Early 18th Century
(Bolling Hall York)
 Dummy Board of a Girl Holding a Broom
Early 18th Century
(Castle Howard, Yorks - United Kingdom)
Dummy Board of a Saffron Walden Sweeping Maid
c. 1730
(Private Collection)
Dummy Board of a Rotterdam Girl Holding a Broom
c. 1740
(Private Collection)
American Dummy Board of a Woman Holding a Tea Service
c. 1740 - 1750
(Historic New England)
English Dummy Board of a Young Man
c. 1745
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
English Dummy Board of a Gallant Young Man
c. 1750
(Winsor House Antiques)
Dummy Board of the Chocolatier
Mid 18th Century
(Private Collection)
Dummy Board of a Warrior
Mid 18th Century
(Private Collection)
Dummy Board of a Gardener Holding a Spade
c. 1750
(Wilberforce House Yorks)
French Dummy Board of a Servant Girl Holding a Game Bird on a Spit
Probably by Elizabeth Pickering, Mrs. John Creed c. 1750
(Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, National Trust)
English Dummy Board of a Boy & His Dog
18th Century
(Christies Auction House)
Dummy Board of a Young Man & His Dog
18th Century
(Michael Lipitch)
 Dummy Board of a Girl
18th Century
(Private Collection - United Kingdom)
Dummy Board of a Young Girl Holding a Broom
18th Century
(Bonhams Auction House)
Dummy Board of a Smiling Maid
Mid 18th Century
(Private Collection)
Dummy Board of a Man Named “Tommy”
Mid 18th Century
(Museum of York, The Castle Museum)
Dummy Board of a Girl Holding a Candle
Mid 18th Century
(Private Collection)
Dummy Board of a Man from Brighton Holding a Basket
18th Century
(Private Collection)
Dummy Board of a Lady Holding a Pail
c. 1780
(Brighton Museum)
Dummy Board of an English Organ Grinder
c. 1780
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
Dummy Board of a Turk Reportedly Made by Major John Andre & Possibly Used at the Meschianza
18th Century
(Germantown Historical Society - Photograph by Jim Schneck)
Dummy Board of an English Woman Playing the Guitar
c. 1780
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
English Dummy Board of a Woman Nursing Her Child
18th - Early 19th Century
(Christie’s)
European Dummy Board of a Woman Weaving Bobbin Lace
18th - Early 19th Century
(Skinner)
European Dummy Board of an Elizabethan Woman
18th - Early 19th Century
(Skinner)
Military Boards
 Dummy Board of a Scots Guardsman
Likely by Elizabeth Pickering - Early to Mid 18th Century
(National Trust)
Dummy Boards of a Pair of British Grenadiers
Early to Mid 18th Century
(Tennants Auctioneers)
Dummy Board of a British Grenadier Reportedly Made by Major John Andre & Possibly Used at the Meschianza
18th Century
(Germantown Historical Society)
Dummy Board of a British Grenadier Reportedly Made by Major John Andre & Possibly Used at the Meschianza
18th Century
(Philadelphia History Museum - Matt White Photograph)
 Dummy Board of a British Grenadier
Early to Mid 18th Century
(Clandon House, Surry, United Kingdom)
 Dummy Board of a British Grenadier
Early to Mid 18th Century
(Clandon House, Surry, United Kingdom)
 Dummy Board of a British Grenadier
Mid 18th Century
(Private Collection - United Kingdom)
Dummy Board of a British Grenadier
Mid 18th Century
(Wilberforce House, Hull)
Dummy Board of a British Grenadier of the Royal Scots Regiment
c. 1738
(National Army Museum)
Dummy Board of Sir Thomas Wallace
c. 1770 - 1780
(Harewood House, Yorkshire)
Dummy Boards of an Ottoman Soldier & Imperial Soldier
18th Century
(Sotheby’s)
Fireboard - H.M. Horse Grenadier Guards
Mid 18th Century
(Cheffins)
Animal Boards
Dummy Board of a Pig Feeding from a Bowl
c. 1750 - 1800
(Victoria & Albert Museum)
 Dummy Board of an Owl
2nd Half 18th Century
(Christie’s Auction House)
English Dummy Board of a Dog
18th Century
(Bonhams)
English Dummy Board of a Dog
18th Century
(English Accent Antiques)
 Acknowledgements

The Material Culture Resource Center gratefully acknowledges

“Past Mastery” a wonderful internet blog for and about Dummy
Boards.

Some of the boards pictured in this presentation were found on this

site which can be found at:

http://pastmastery.wordpress.com
 Acknowledgements

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