Baby's rattle
Category
Childcare objects
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Bone or ivory and metal
Measurements
125 mm (length); 45 mm (diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660709
Summary
A baby's rattle made from ivory or bone which can be blown through at one end like a whistle (circa 1880). It consists of a carved piece with two holes for the whistle, followed by a circular carved piece with eight brass bells attached by silver-coloured metal rings, followed by another straight carved piece, followed by another circular carved piece with four brass bells attached by silver-coloured metal rings and completed by a wavy-shaped un-carved piece.