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Paul and Marjorie Abbatt Toys Ltd.
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Hardwood, plywood and cardboard
Measurements
Puzzle - 232 mm (width); 271 mm (height), Packaging - 298 mm (width); 292 mm (height)
Place of origin
Harlow
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664684
Summary
An inset puzzle on a hardboard and plywood base, with cut out shapes, into which chunky cut out garden items, of brightly painted plywood, fit. The items are a greenhouse, a tree, a flowerbed containing a black cat, a flowerbed containing four robins, a girl sweeping with a robin perched on top of a spade, and children making a snowman. Each piece has an orange plastic knob attached to it allowing young children to lift the pieces in and out easily. The puzzle is shrink-wrapped in transparent plastic and is in its original white cardboard packaging. Printed on the packaging are 'Inset Puzzle Garden 7017/472. 1 and a half - 4 years' and 'Paul and Marjorie Abbatt. Originators of the 'right toy for the right age'. Paul and Marjorie Abbott Toys Ltd. Harlow, England'. Total number of items is 2.
Makers and roles
Paul and Marjorie Abbatt Toys Ltd., maker