Toy carousel
Escor Toys Ltd
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Wood, cardboard
Measurements
226 mm (diameter of carousel)
Place of origin
Christchurch
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659428
Summary
A child's Whirling Chairs toy No.63 made by Escor Toys Ltd (circa 1982). It consists of a red painted wooden square base with a round knob in the centre with a hole in the middle to hold a white painted wooden dowel. This in turn balances on point in the base of a yellow painted wooden ball. Attached to the ball are four yellow painted arms, at an angle, which end in a square of yellow painted wood. Each square has a wooden dowel in the middle on which sit four painted wooden figures. Each figure is a wooden cylinder with a round ball for its head. Each figure painted a different colour, red, white, green and pink, each with painted facial features. The toy is in the lid of the original box which has a coloured picture of the toy on the lid. ESCOR WOODEN TOYS / No.63 whirling chairs/Hand finished and made in England/ Escor Toys Ltd./Christchur.ch, England is printed on four sides of the box Total number of items is eight
Marks and inscriptions
On Union Jack on top of centre ball: MADE IN ENGLAND On label on one arm: ESCOR
Makers and roles
Escor Toys Ltd, maker