Toy aeroplane
Ron Fuller (1936 - 2017)
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1981
Materials
Wood
Measurements
192 mm (length); 154 mm (width); 143 mm (height)
Place of origin
Laxfield
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659127
Summary
A wooden toy bi-plane painted red. It is decorated with black German crosses outlined in white on the top of the upper wings, on the fuselage and on the tail fin. A wooden figure of the pilot looks out to the side. The propeller is unpainted wood. The fixed undercarriage has black feet instead of wheels. There is also a wooden object consisting of a square yellow block with black rubber stuck to one side to which is joined a black cylinder, possibly a post on which the square part stands. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On the front of the left side of the fuselage: 'The Red Baron' On the red label underneath the fuselage: 'AR/ FT/ Laxfield/ England'
Makers and roles
Ron Fuller (1936 - 2017), maker