Building block
F. A. D. Richter and Co
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1888
Materials
Cardboard, paper and stone
Measurements
Box – 161 mm (length); 110 mm (width); 27 mm (height), Stones - 7 mm (min. length); 59 mm (max. length)
Place of origin
Rudolstadt
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664609
Summary
A cardboard box in two halves, containing Richter's Anchor Blocks. The lid is covered with colour printed paper on which is printed elaborate architectural motifs and the words 'Richter's Anchor Box containing Building Stones in three colours manufactured by F.A.D. Richter and Co. Rudolstadt, Thuringia Branches at London EC. Olten Vienna New York U.S. Pat. Oct. 26th 1880'. The box contains printed information about Anchor blocks and 37 stone blocks in blue, red and beige stone. They are different sizes and shapes. One is broken into several fragments. Total number of items is 39.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside lid: F.AD. RICHTER and Co./ By Appointment to H.M. the Emperor of Austria-Hungary; Their Majesties the Kings of Italy, Portugal and Bavaria./ London E.C., 1 Railway Place, Fenchurch Street; New York, 310 Broadway./ Rudolstadt (Thuringia); Nuremberg; Olten (Switzerland); Vienna, I.Nibelungengasse 4; Rotterdam.
Makers and roles
F. A. D. Richter and Co , maker