Building block
Richter's Printing Works
Category
Toys
Date
1880
Materials
Stone, wood and paper
Measurements
Box –183 mm (length); 132 mm (width); 45 mm (height), Blocks –25 mm (min. length); 75 mm (max. length); 12 mm (min. width); 25 mm (max. width), Cylindrical Block - 24 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Rudolstadt
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663983
Summary
A wooden box with lid decorated with a pasted on paper colour illustration including the name 'Richter's Anchor Blocks' and addresses in both English and German. The inside of the lid depicts the contents. The box contains 13 stone-like building blocks of various shapes and sizes, coloured in red, blue and white. Many of the blocks depicted on the inside lid are missing. The box also contains a small fragment of a paper advertisement and a slate pencil. Total number of items is 17.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of lid: Richter's / Anchor Box / containing / Building Stones / in three colours / manufactured by / F.AD.RICHTER AND Co. / 44 Jewin Street, LONDON E.C. / Braneh-Houses, / Buldostadt, Thuringia / Rotterdam, New York. / U.S. Pat. Oct.26th 1880
Makers and roles
Richter's Printing Works, maker