Building brick
F. A. D. Richter and Co
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood, paper & stone
Measurements
40 x 305 mm
Place of origin
Rotterdam
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 287451
Summary
A wooden box containing building bricks of various shapes and colours. The lid has a Renaissance Architectural Design with inscriptions in niches 'Patent Building Bricks of real stone manufactured by F.Ad.Richter and Cie...Rudolstadt, Vienna and Rotterdam. The reverse of the sliding lid shows a model for replacing the bricks' building box 9.
Marks and inscriptions
Patent building bricks of real stone/manufactured by F.Ad.Richter and Cie...Rudolstadt, Vienna and Rotterdam
Makers and roles
F. A. D. Richter and Co , manufacturer