Telephone box
Dinky Toys
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Tinplate
Measurements
85 mm (height)
Place of origin
Liverpool
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665438
Summary
A tin-plate 'Dinky Toy' model A.A. telephone box painted black and yellow. It has a triple signpost above a white roof pointing to Liverpool, Glasgow and London. There are A.A. insignia on all four sides with 'Phone' at the base. It has painted 'doors' on two sides. In yellow lettering on two sides is written 'Telephone and Fire Extinguisher Available Day and Night By Use of A.A. Members Key Headquarters Fanum House New Coventry St W/Tele Fanum London pohne Whitehall 1200'.
Marks and inscriptions
On the base of one side of the box: 'DINKY TOYS/MNUFACTURED BY/MECCANO LTD. LIVERPOOL'
Makers and roles
Dinky Toys , brand name Meccano , maker