Constructional toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal and cardboard
Measurements
310mm (length of box); 300mm (width of box); 18mm (height of box)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659983
Summary
A constructional toy named 'Snap-sticks' in a flat cardboard box with separate cardboard lid, both covered in red paper, with a white paper label on the lid. Part of the box forms a separate tray. In the tray are four dark blue hollow metal wheels, and in the other part of the box are 27 black metal tubes with a clip at each end. A paper wrapper folds over the tubes. Someone has written MECCANO SET on the label on the lid, but this is not true. Total number of items is thirty four
Marks and inscriptions
Label on top of lid: SNAP-STICKS/The Kiddies FIRST Constructional Kit/A CHAMPION TOY On label on top of lid: 17/11//MECCANO SET Label on side of lid: SNAP-STICKS//Retail Price 15/-//Plus Purchase Tax 3/4