Animal
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal, plastic and paper
Measurements
Box – 80 mm (length); 35 mm (depth), Carts –40 mm (min. width); 76 mm (max. width), People – 18 mm (min. height); 44 mm (max. height), Animals –10 mm (min. height); 27 mm (max. height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664041
Summary
A farm set, mainly constructed in wood, with eight spotted dogs, seven assorted cows, with two other cows joined together with a wooden bar (ie yoked together), six pigs, eight horses, seven sheep, six goats, two soft fluffy chickens, one plastic duck, fourteen assorted people, a broken red painted bench (or the seat of a cart) with two wooden people sitting on it, a wooden unpainted cart with three metal wheels pulled by two wooden horses, another unpainted wagon with only one side and four metal wheels and a small circular green stand with a hole in the centre. These are all contained in a white cardboard rectangular National Trust box. On the lid of the box a pale lavender label says 'Finest LAVENDER made by Yardley SOAP For the National Trust' On one long side of the box is printed 'CONTAINS 3 TABLETS OF 3[and a half] OZ (100 G) EACH' Total number of items is 66.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs R. Dyson in May 1976.