Pushalong toy
Chad Valley
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1945 - circa 1960
Materials
Wood, cardboard and fabric.
Measurements
Box - 295 mm (length), 158 mm (width), 78 mm (depth), Parts of Rod - 244 mm (min. length); 275 mm (max. length), Duck - 250 mm (height)
Place of origin
Harbourne
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660693
Summary
A push-along toy 'Donald Duck' in its original cardboard box. The wooden Donald Duck is wearing a painted blue and yellow sailor suit and has blue and yellow coated fabric wings. He has yellow painted wheels, each with a slot into which would originally have fitted a flapping foot. These are now missing. There is a hole in the top of his back into which is inserted a three part wooden rod, which when assembled is long enough to allow Donald Duck can thus be pushed along on the yellow wheels, with his feet flapping. He is illustrated fully assembled on the colour printed label on the box lid. Total number of items is 6.
Marks and inscriptions
Label on box lid: WALT DISNEY'S/ WADDLING/ DONALD/ DUCK/ HE FLAPS HIS FEET/ The CHAD VALLEY Games/ REGD TRADE MARK MADE AT HARBOURNE ENGLAND/ HE FLAPS HIS FEET/ SOLE LICENSEES FOR BRITISH EMPIRE (EXCLUDING CANADA)/ THE CHAD VALLEY Co. LTD. HARBOURNE, ENGLAND./ BY ARRANGEMENT WITH WALT. DISNEY MICKEY MOUSE LTD.
Makers and roles
Chad Valley, maker