Child's ball
Fisher-Price Toys
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Plastic and printed cardboard
Measurements
165 mm (height of toy); 140 mm (diameter of toy)
Place of origin
PO Box 65
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659396
Summary
A baby's Fisher-Price 'Roly Poly Chime Ball' in its original box (cirtca 1982). The toy is a plastic sphere, the bottom is opaque turquoise plastic and the top clear plastic. Inside the clear plastic can be seen two ducks and two rocking horses. When the ball is pushed the animals rock and bells chime. The ball is weighted so that it comes upright automatically. On the top of the ball beneath the plastic is a label which reads 'Roly Poly Chime Ball / f-p / Fisher-Price Toys / 72 Fisher-Price Toys / Division of Quaker Oats Ltd'. The box is square, printed in bright colours with pictures of the toy and children playing with it on the top and sides. The catalogue is a leaflet showing illustrations of other Fisher-Price toys with the captions in English, French and German. The toy shows evidence of having been played with.
Makers and roles
Fisher-Price Toys , maker