Teething ring
Category
Childcare objects
Date
1819 (hallmark)
Materials
Plastic and silver
Measurements
60 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662933
Summary
A cream plastic teething ring with silver moon-shaped bell (1819). This bell is now attached by tape but was possibly fastened by a chain, a link of which fastened round the ring. The bell has a face engraved into one side and a hallmark on the reverse. Total number of items is 4.
Marks and inscriptions
Back of bell: anchor and rampant lion and letter V in Gothic script: AJS