Optical toy construction set
Construments Ltd.
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
printed cardboard, glass and metal
Measurements
235 mm (length of box); 265 mm (length of box lid); 195 mm (width of box); 210 mm (width of box lid)
Place of origin
Gray's Inn Road, 18
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National Trust Museum of Childhood (Accredited Museum)
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Not on show
NT 659948
Summary
A navy blue cardboard box containing six removable cardboard drawers, two instruction booklets (one with loose pages, not counted separately) and numerous pieces of equipment housed in the 6 drawers. A label on the box lid reads 'EVERY BOY AND GIRL A SCIENTIST/ Construments/ THE HOBBY OF TEN/ THOUSAND THRILLS/ '100' OUTFIT/ MAKES [pound sign]100 WORTH of Magnifiers, Micro-/ scopes, Cameras/ Magic Lanterns, Kaleidoscopes, Shadowscopes, Micro-Projectors,/ Micro-Cameras, Photo-Printers, Watch Projectors, Signalling Lamps/ and Experimental Instruments./ 37'6/ HOME MOVIES OPTICAL MARVELS AMAZING PHOTOS'. The 6 drawers include mirrors and glass individually wrapped in paper bags, nuts and screws, glass lenses, coloured plastic lenses, coloured playing counters, and gold coloured metal tubular mount caps with screw threads which attach to circular metal ring-mounts. There are two gold coloured metal hollow instrument stands housed together in a separate compartment of the box. The lid to this part of the box has become detached. Total number of items is one hundred and eight
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom of front cover of instruction book: Copyright by CONSTRUMENTS LTD. 18 Gray's Inn Road, High Holborn, London W.C.1
Makers and roles
Construments Ltd., maker