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Paul and Marjorie Abbatt Toys Ltd.
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Hardboard, plywood and cardboard
Measurements
Packaging - 265 mm (width); 222 mm (height)
Place of origin
Harlow
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664691
Summary
An inset puzzle of a house, which has a hardboard and plywood base, with cut out shapes, into which chunky cut out house sections of brightly painted plywood fit. The sections are a red roof, a gable, an upstairs room, a downstairs room, the front door and corresponding room and the garage. Each piece has an orange plastic knob attached to it allowing young children to lift the pieces in and out easily. When each piece is removed it reveals the interior of the corresponding room. The puzzle is still in its original white cardboard packaging. Printed on the packaging are 'Inset Puzzle House. 70171/464. 1 and a half - 4 years' and 'Paul and Marjorie Abbatt. Originators of the 'right toy for the right age'. Paul and Marjorie Abbatt Toys Ltd, Harlow, England'. Total number of items is 8.
Makers and roles
Paul and Marjorie Abbatt Toys Ltd., maker