Mobile
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Bird - 51 mm (length); 72 mm (width), Elephant - 362 mm (length), Clown - 280 mm (width)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664749
Summary
A collection of mobile pieces. There are 36 brightly coloured cardboard circus animals and clowns. These are printed on both sides. There are also birds, fairies, teddy bears and hoops. There are holes in the clowns hats and elephant's head-dresses so that they could be suspended on a string. The shapes of the clowns and elephants are such that arms, legs, trunk and tail can be used as hooks. The other items are similarly designed so that everything can be hooked onto something else, forming an extensive series of mobiles. Total number of items is 36.