Child's peg bench
Brio
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Painted wood, plastic and printed cardboard
Measurements
179 mm (length of toy); 76 mm (width of toy); 53 mm (height of toy)
Place of origin
Sweden
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659378
Summary
A child's peg bench in its original box, manufactured by Brio (circa 1982). On one side of the box a picture of a child playing with the toy and a printed label 'BRIO/ from 2 years'. The other side has a larger picture of the toy itself. The sides of the box are red with yellow lettering and a rectangle enclosing the name BRIO. The lettering describes the toy in 6 European languages. On the ends of the box are pictures of the toy, the name BRIO and a yellow square with black writing which says 'NO: 0513/31753. The toy has two parts. A mallet with a green head and a red handle. The other part consists of an oblong wooden block with 3 coloured pegs, green, red and yellow sticking out. When they are hammered they cause similar pegs to stick out at the side. Then these can be hammered and the process reversed. Total number of items is nine
Makers and roles
Brio , maker