Torsion toy
Category
Toys
Date
circa 1983
Materials
Wood and string
Measurements
54 mm (width); 173 mm (height); 11 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667099
Summary
A torsion toy - varnished wooden jointed figure on a string at the top of an H - shaped varnished wooden frame (circa 1983). When the bottom of the frame is squeezed together the figure flips over.
Marks and inscriptions
On the cross-bar of the frame, on a paper label: 'Made in/The People's Republic of China'