Original box for toy
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1840
Materials
Wood and paper
Measurements
79 mm (length); 57 mm (width); 36 mm (height)
Place of origin
Nuremberg
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663923
Summary
An oval wooden lidded box made to hold Nuremberg or German flat soldiers. (circa 1840). It contains four leaves of paper printed with a German text, cut into oval shapes to fit the box. The lid of the box has a label printed in blue ink. It has two shields and two roundels, and text about the soldiers. Total number of items is 5.
Marks and inscriptions
Label on lid: Extra feine Binn-// Compositions - Figuren// Silberne// Preis - Medaille// 1/8 Scht.// Stuck .// H.Heinrichsen// in NURNBERG. Label on lid: 12/English/Cuirassiers