Plasticine
Harbutt's
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plasticine, metal, wood and wax
Measurements
Box - 180 mm (length); 160 mm (width); 63 mm (height), Stylus - 146 mm (length); 6 mm (diameter)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664015
Summary
A metal box painted dark red with an embossed and painted design of apples. It contains six lumps of plasticine of various colours and sizes, two unused strips of yellow plasticine, a wooden stylus, and four lumps of a harder shiny material, probably modelling wax. Total number of items is 14.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of the lid of the box: 'HUNTLEY AND PALMERS/ BISCUITS/ READING AND LONDON/ ENGLAND' On the stylus: 'HARBUTT'S PLASTICINE'
Makers and roles
Harbutt's , maker