Untitled
E. Wolff & Sons
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, cardboard and paper
Measurements
Box –74 mm (length); 72 mm (width); 70 mm (height), Wooden Blocks - 68 mm (length); 21 mm (width); 22 mm (height)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664630
Summary
A badly damaged and poorly repaired square orange cardboard box with black spots on the sides to imitate a dice. One of the internal walls of the box is detached, the lid is also detached. Inside are nine wooden rectangular blocks each with different numbers of black spots, one without any spots at all. Total number of items is 12.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss Jean Benfield in May 1983.
Marks and inscriptions
Exterior side of box: INVENTED BY W. STRANDERS/ E. WOLFF AND SON./ LONDON
Makers and roles
E. Wolff & Sons , maker