Shape sorter
Fisher-Price Toys
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1982
Materials
Plastic
Measurements
300 mm (width); 114 mm (height); 126 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666366
Summary
A child's Fisher Price shape sorter toy (circa 1982). It has a cream plastic box incorporating an upper shelf with an orange carrying handle. Impressed into the upper shelf is a circle, a rectangle, a triangle and a square. There is a corresponding hollow orange cylinder, green triangle and blue square sitting in their respective recess. The rectangle appears to be missing. In the centre of the upper shelf is a pale pink circular 'push button' which when pushed makes a squeaking noise. On the front of the upper shelf is a sticker showing children playing with toys and the words 'Fisher-Price' shape sorter'. On the top of the front of the box are four holes one circle shaped; one rectangular shaped; one triangular shaped and one square shaped. On the front side of the box are four hinged doors each with their corresponding shape embossed on the front. On the reverse of the box is a colour printed label showing four children playing with toys. The total number of items is 4.
Marks and inscriptions
On the label on the reverse of the box: '1974 FISHER-PRICE TOYS, DIVISION OF THE QUAKER OATS CO. MADE IN BELGIUM'
Makers and roles
Fisher-Price Toys , maker