Original box for toy
W Britain
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card and paper
Measurements
Box - 378 mm (length); 90 mm (width); 30 mm (depth)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664339
Summary
A box for model sailors, which is now empty. It is a red cardboard box with a separate lid bearing a green label which reads 'British Sailors, Bluejackets of the Royal Navy'. The box contains a card base with holes for twenty model sailors to rest in. The box contains a postcard with typed wording reading 'Bluejackets of the Royal Navy'. Total number of items is 4.
Marks and inscriptions
Label on the lid: 'British Sailors./ Bluejackets of the Royal Navy' End of the lid: 'Bluejackets No.78'
Makers and roles
W Britain, maker