Spinning top
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Wood
Measurements
Smaller top - 30 mm (height); 25 mm (diameter), Larger top - 70 mm (height); 52 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664507
Summary
Two small wooden spinning tops (possibly19th century). The smaller one, in green painted wood, has two plain wood grooves around it. It is spherical tapering to a sharp point. The flat circular top has a rounded yellow wooden dowel handle. The second one is more elaborate, having a mushroomed shaped base, the underside of which is yellow, with blue on top. Above this is a green domed shape with red lines running all around it, and topped by a thin red painted dowel handle. Total number of items is 2. Possibly late 19th, early 20th century.