Building block
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
Box - 305 mm (length); 235 mm (width); 70 mm (height), Each block (min) - 23 mm (length); 24 mm (width); 12 mm (height), Each block (max) - 92 mm (length); 2 mm (width); 50 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665307
Summary
A box of wooden building blocks of various shapes including rectangles, squares, arches and roof ridges. The box has a sliding lid which has a very badly damaged paper label with illustrations of buildings one could construct using the blocks. Total number of items is 161.
Marks and inscriptions
Label on the lid: 'Summer - houses. Arcade./ Cemetery - entrance. Town - Church. Citadel./Building Models.'