Diabolo
D.R.P.
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, rubber and string
Measurements
Each wooden rod - 303 mm (length), String - 1570 mm (length), Diabolo - 70 mm (width); 65 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665306
Summary
A child's metal and rubber diabolo toy shaped like an hourglass. Two wooden rods are joined together with a piece of string threaded through holes in the ends of each rod. By moving the sticks alternately up and down, the string will suspend the spinning diabolo. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
Each end of the diabolo: 'DIABOLO/ BTE S.G.D.G./ PATENT.D.R.P.'
Makers and roles
D.R.P., maker