Printing block
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card, paper, felt and leather
Measurements
Each block - 32 mm (length); 24 mm (width); 6 mm (width); 32 mm (height), Box - 200 mm (length); 116 mm (width); 45 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668372
Summary
A box made of card and covered with silver coloured paper on the lid. The top left-hand corner of the lid has an embossed logo 'NK' and the bottom right-hand corner has a Royal or Imperial coat of arms. Inside the box are two circular shaped pieces of black felt, a piece of card with practice printing, a green coloured piece of sugar paper also with practice printing of letters, and three pieces of chamois leather stitched together. There is a complete alphabet of rubber printing blocks mounted on hand held wooden blocks. There are no capital letters, only lower case. Total number of items is 33.
Marks and inscriptions
On the top of the lid: 'NK and Imperial coat of arms'