Marble
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Clay, cardboard
Measurements
90 mm (length); 69 mm (width); 30 mm (height); 14- 24 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660273
Summary
A small cardboard box which contains forty assorted marbles. The box is broken on one corner and is covered in beige and cream paper. On the lid in ink is written ' To MRS B CADBURY/ BEACONWOOD/ REDNAL/ NR BIRMINGHAM'. The lid is stamped inside 'I PARRY/ WATCHMAKER and JEWELLER/ 115 CHURCH STREET/ MALVERN, WORCS'. On the top ouside of the lid is stuck a yellow card with 'VICTORIAN/ MARBLES' written in red pen. The marbles range in size and colour from white through beige, grey, black and red. The largest one is white with dark green lines on it. Total number of items is forty two