Ann Fuller Designs
Money boxes
By 1978 Ann's husband Hugh, who ran a family building business in Walthamstow, had created a range of money box houses based on houses...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 4, 20181 min read
Builder-in-a-box
This was a limited edition of just a few dozen examples and was never sold. The builder-in-a-box was made to give as a gift at the annual...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 4, 20181 min read
Christening range
This collection featured baby nail scissors, safety pin cushion, christening dress hangar and sewing basket.
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 4, 20181 min read
Rapunzel
The Rapunzel jack-in-a-box (pictured below, far right), another fairy tale based creation, required an extra tall box and hair for the...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 4, 20181 min read
Little Red Riding Hood
A perennial favourite was Little Red Riding Hood, which was made in various different sizes. The biggest is 10cm tall and had a wolf...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
The Jill-in-a-box
The very first jack-in-a-box was in fact a Jill-in-the-box. The box was machined by Mr Reid from Leytonstone and Spring Steel of...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Clown-in-a-box
The challenges with Liberty of London, who refused to allow Ann Fuller to use their fabrics for other retailers, resulted in a spurt of...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Butterfly catcher
The Butterfly Catcher featured a beautifully crafted net, one of many miniature tools that adorned the dolls. The base was a button...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Classic doll with baby
Jacksons was first major retailer to take the dolls in 1976 – but they ‘had to be scented’. So Ann created the drawers for the dolls,...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Royal Wedding present 1981
The Royal Wedding jack-in-a-box was produced in a limited edition of 110 for the marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Alice in Wonderland
In 1985 a Hollywood film version of Alice in Wonderland resulted in a commission from a Covent Garden customer to create merchandise. Ann...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Tooth fairy
As a girl, Ann loved nursery rhymes and each new doll was created to a childhood theme such as Little Miss Muffet (below). A child would...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Peg doll earrings go viral
Ann’s Japanese customer was a famous actor called Masahiko Tsugawa. He created a retail brand called Gran Papa, whose mission was to...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Treasure House
One of the biggest products in physical size was the Treasure House, which had a secret fastening (the baby doll, top right) and shelves...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Doll bookends
The basic range soon featured new products such as the book ends. The special edition pictured below features a boy who has thrown his...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
Austin Metro commemoration
For the launch of the Austin Metro in 1980, Liberty of London put one of the cars in the scarf department on the ground floor to...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20182 min read
The tailor's daughter
Ann Fuller's father, James Trevor, ran a bespoke tailoring business in Albany Chambers, St Ann's Square, Manchester. James ('Jim' to his...
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 3, 20181 min read
How to make a traditional peg doll
Ann Fuller Designs made thousands of peg dolls over the 17 years of its life. Here is Ann's expert guide. THE MATERIALS All purpose...
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Nov 2, 20181 min read
親愛な Ann, get well soon
In 1985 Ann needed medical treatment and was unable to fulfil the order for 27,000 Alice earrings for GranPapa in Japan quickly enough....
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Ann Fuller Designs
Nov 2, 20182 min read
Going international
After samples were submitted to the Design Centre, which championed British product design, Ann Fuller Designs was given permission to...
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