Building block
Lott's Bricks Ltd
Category
Toys
Date
1911
Materials
Cardboard, paper and ceramic.
Measurements
Blocks - 25 mm (min. length); 133 mm (max. length); 13 mm (min. width); 108 mm (max. width), Box - 455 mm (length); 265 mm (width); 40 mm (height), Booklet -210 mm (width); 213 mm (height)
Place of origin
Watford
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660792
Summary
A red cardboard box with a damaged lid. It has a colour printed paper label pasted to the lid. This box is no 2. in the Lott's Bricks series. There is a colour illustration of a building with a central tower on the lid. Inside the box is a piece of cardboard covered with red paper and a colour printed illustration of Tudor buildings which can be assembled using Lott's Bricks. On the reverse of this piece of cardboard are printed plans of buildings constructed with Tudor Blocks 'Designed throughout by Arnold Mitchell, Architect'. There is also a cream paper booklet containing many plans for constructing a wide range of buildings using the blocks. There are also seven pieces of orange cardboard roof sections, and 164 building blocks in a stone-type material. These are beige, brick red or blue and are rectangular, square and triangular in shape. Total number of items is 176.
Marks and inscriptions
Label on box lid: "Smith 8 High Field/ VICTOR 3 WHELD[]"
Makers and roles
Lott's Bricks Ltd, maker