Original box for toy
Category
Dolls' accessories
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, paper and string
Measurements
92 mm (width); 47 mm (height); 254 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664281
Summary
An empty rectangular cardboard box covered in grey paper with a small check pattern. A printed paper label on the lid reads '1 METAL VIOLIN BOW BRIDGE AND RESIN'. Threaded through the lid and ends of the box is a length of string which both attaches the lid to the box and forms a carrying handle. The box contained a doll's sized violin.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss F. L. Cann in November 1977.