Constructional toy
Meccano Ltd
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Metal and cardboard
Measurements
330 mm (length of box); 178 mm (width of box); 24 mm (height of box)
Place of origin
Liverpool
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659985
Summary
Meccano accessory outfit No.1A in original cardboard box with separate cardboard lid and pictorial label on top of lid. (circa 1930). It contains 99 Meccano parts, and two small metal boxes with separate metal lids. The parts include strips, brackets, girders and axles. In the small boxes are wheels and angle brackets. The larger parts are green and red, the smaller ones bright steel finish. There is a guarantee slip pasted to the inside of the box lid. Printed label on lid of box reads 'MECCANO/DINKY BUILDER/MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND BY MECCANO LTD. BINNS ROAD, LIVERPOOL. 13/1'. Total number of items is one hundred and five
Makers and roles
Meccano Ltd, maker