Dolls' house known as May Foster's House made in England, 1800. Victoria & Albert Museum.
This house was donated to the museum by the great grand-daughter of the little girl for whom the house was originally made.
This grand town house belonged to the daughters of John Foster, an ambitious and wealthy engineer who ran Liverpool docks. ‘MF’ over the door stands for May Foster, who shared the house with her sister Isabella.
The dolls’ house stayed in the family for 120 years.