Mechanical figure
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, Textile, Wood
Measurements
508 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1339137
Summary
Mechanical figure - Mr Punch figure seated on a drum mechanically operating cymbals and drumsticks. Wearing red and green tunic. In notebook no.5, page 30 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Nursery no.8 Drummer Figure with cymbals & bells. This is the first Toy I remember having'. includes sketch with dimension. In 'Haphazard Notes Volume 1' (SNO.MISC.951.1) Charles Wade refers to this item on page 42. 'My earliest toy to survive is a smiling jester with drum & cymbals of 1886'. A sketch also appears on page 35.
Provenance
CPW 8 the first toy Charles Paget Wade recalls having Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 30