Shape sorter
Fisher-Price Toys
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Plastic and printed cardboard
Measurements
188 mm (height of shape sorter); 130 mm (diameter of shape sorter); 44 mm (length of shapes); 28 mm - 38 mm (width of shapes); 28 mm - 43 mm (height of shapes);
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659400
Summary
A child's 'posting box' shape sorter manufactured by Fisher Price with its original box (circa 1982). The toy consists of a yellow plastic cylindrical bucket closed at the top with a snug fitting blue plastic lid. This lid has three holes in it, square, rectangular and round. These holes will take the pieces so that they will drop through the bucket. These pieces are solid cubes, solid cylinders and solid brick shapes in red, yellow, green and blue. The original box has illustrations in bright primary colours of red, blue, yellow and green and shows the toy itself and children playing with it. There is also a catalogue of other Fisher-Price toys. Total number of items is sixteen
Marks and inscriptions
Pieces: in rectangle: f p / USA Cylinder: Fisher-Price
Makers and roles
Fisher-Price Toys , maker