Spinning top
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Wood
Measurements
Top - 227 mm (height); 90 mm (diameter), Handle - 150 mm (length); 35 mm (diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664228
Summary
A 19th century child's wooden spinning top with painted red, yellow and black flowers and lines. At one end the top has a pierced wooden peg, at the other it tapers to a point. In between is a hollow, tapered bulbous body with a square hole cut in one side. The handle is also painted yellow with red and black concentric rings. One end tapers into a point, the other is a hollow cylinder with two circles cut out of it and one arch shaped piece cut away. Total number of items is 2.