Constructional toy
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1840
Materials
Wood
Measurements
Box - 215 mm (width); 69 mm (height); 303 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663904
Summary
A wooden box with a sliding lid containing a toy castle made of shaped wooden blocks decorated with colour tinted paper details. (circa 1840).There are colour tinted card soldiers, flags and trees. The lid is decorated with a black and white print (with some colour tint detail) of soldiers flanking a canon in front of a castle. The image of the castle and the soldiers match that of the details on the wooden blocks. Total number of items is 40.
Marks and inscriptions
Lid of the box, in different fonts: 'Die Burg des Feldherrn/ neues Artilleriespiel./ Le chateau du general en chef The castle of the commander in chief/ nouveau jeu d'artillerie. a new game of artillery'