Horse box
Corgi Toys
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, plastic and rubber
Measurements
256 mm (length); 51 mm (width); 67 mm (height)
Place of origin
Great Britain
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666947
Summary
A Corgi toy horse box and tractor unit, with 'Chipperfields Circus' on the front. The tractor unit is made of metal painted red with yellow and blue decoration. There is plastic yellow seating in the cab. The main body of the horse box, which has loading ramp/doors, is painted red with a plastic roof and upper sides. The tractor has two axles with single wheels, the horse box, one axle with double wheels.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs M. Cooling in September 1984.
Marks and inscriptions
On the front of the horse box: 'CHIPPERFIELDS CIRCUS' On the base of the horse box: 'MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN/ CORGI MAJOR TOYS/ ARTICULATED HORSE BOX' On the base of the tractor unit: 'CORGI TOYS/ MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN/ BEDFORD TRACTOR UNIT/ PAT APPLICATION/ 21101/59'
Makers and roles
Corgi Toys , maker