Pictorial block
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and printed paper
Measurements
43 mm (length of block); 406 mm (length of sheet); 43 mm (width block); 275 mm (width of sheet); 43 mm (height of block)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659961
Summary
A set of pictorial blocks in a varnished wooden box with a separate sliding wooden lid, originally comprising 54 blocks, 7 of which are missing. They bear pictures of kittens drinking cream from a jug, with a tortoise, looking at a mousetrap, with a dragonfly, and two pictures of kittens with a bowl of goldfish. One of the pictures is represented on the lid of the box, and there are three sheets of paper each bearing one picture. 2 sheets are missing. Total number of items is fifty two
Marks and inscriptions
Foot of picture on lid: THE END OF THE TALE [also in French, German, Spanish and Italian) On picture of kitten looking into goldfish bowl: C.J. Blair