Shape recognition toy
Fisher-Price Toys
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Plastic
Measurements
Cylinder - 191 mm (height); 138 mm (diameter), Each shape - 48 mm (height)
Place of origin
United States
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666361
Summary
A toddler's Fisher Price yellow plastic shape sorter cylinder (circa 1982). It is embossed with a picture of a toddler playing with building bricks and above this the word 'Fisher-Price' is embossed. The cylinder has a blue plastic lid and cut out of this lid are the following three shapes, a circle, rectangle and a square. Within the container, are twelve plastic shapes which slot through their respective holes in the lid. The shapes are in various colours of either red, yellow, green or blue. On each of the shapes there is an impressed rectangle and inside of each rectangle are the letters 'F' and 'P' contained within two embossed circles and below this is embossed 'USA'. The total number of items is 14.
Marks and inscriptions
On the underside of the base of the cylinder: '414 1977 FISHER-PRICE TOYS DIVISION OF THE QUAKER OATS CO'
Makers and roles
Fisher-Price Toys , maker