Spinning top
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Wood
Measurements
Smaller top - 64 mm (height); 37 mm (diameter), Larger top - 74 mm (height); 45 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664385
Summary
Two green wooden spinning tops, with a metal 'nail' in the base (possibly 19th century). The larger one, in plain green, is torpedo shaped with a deep groove near the base and four smaller grooves above it. The smaller green wooden top is also torpedo shaped with one deep and four smaller grooves. There are red and blue marks on it. On the base, a pattern has been painted in red and green. Total number of items is 2.