Pictorial block
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and paper.
Measurements
321 mm (length); 236 mm (width); 58 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662880
Summary
A set of pictorial blocks with the original wooden box. There are 35 wooden cubes. The faces of each cube are covered with a varnished section of a picture that can be placed to make a complete picture. These are illustrated separately on thin card. The pictures are all of children playing different games: cowboys and Indians; with a cart and some dogs; circus activities, street games by the side of a lake, in a park by a fountain and the last image is on the lid of the box. The wooden box has a tartan pattern on the sides and a picture of children playing stuck to the lid. The box lid has a loose side and a catch is missing. The 'hinge' is missing and has ripped off some of the pattern. Total number of items is 43.