Toy trailer
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1875 - circa 1880
Materials
Wood
Measurements
Trailer - 150 mm (length); 95 mm (width); 40 mm (height), Box - 167 mm (width); 115 mm (height); 65 mm (depth)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665987
Summary
Inside a box is a yellow wooden toy trailer with red revolving wooden wheels, and at each end is a brass hook. The wooden trailer has broken on one side and is bound together tightly with green cord. The trailer fits inside a wooden box with a sliding lid. The outside of the box is decorated with colour printed paper illustrations. On one side is a moose with the word 'Moose' written above it in gold coloured lettering. On the other side is a picture of a girl in red and a boy in blue. The boy holds a staff in one hand and a tethered pig in the other. Above them is written 'To Market To Buy a Fat Pig'. On the two narrow sides are the initials 'QR' and 'EF' respectively. The lid of the box shows a dog jumping through a hoop held by a clown. On the base of the box is a female tight-rope walker holding a parasol. Total number of items is 3.