Weighted toy
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1910
Materials
Wood
Measurements
133mm (height); 156mm (width); 58mm (depth)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659921
Summary
A weighted moving dairy toy. A three dimensional wooden dairy tableau consisting of a dairy maid, churn, cat and its bowl above which is a shelf with two bowls (circa 1900 - circa 1910, possibly made in Russia). The dairy maid has hinged arms, a painted face, a skirt and a hat. Her left arm is attached to a thread with a wooden weight at one end. When this is pulled it activates a paddle in the churn. On the right sits a striped cat with a hinged neck attached to a thread. When this is pulled it activates the cat's head up and down into a bowl. The whole is enclosed in a roofed dairy.