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...

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...

A perennial favourite was Little Red Riding Hood, which was made in various different sizes. The biggest is 10cm tall and had a wolf...

The Butterfly Catcher featured a beautifully crafted net, one of many miniature tools that adorned the dolls. The base was a button...

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...

In 1985 a Hollywood film version of Alice in Wonderland resulted in a commission from a Covent Garden customer to create merchandise. Ann...

Ann’s Japanese customer was a famous actor called Masahiko Tsugawa. He created a retail brand called Gran Papa, whose mission was to...

The basic range soon featured new products such as the book ends. The special edition pictured below features a boy who has thrown his...

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...