Original box for toy
Meccano Limited
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
130 mm (width); 38 mm (height); 156 mm (depth)
Place of origin
England
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668460
Summary
A yellow cardboard box for a Dinky Toy Harvest Trailer. The box consists of a lid and a base with semi-circular holes on the sides for the box to open. The edges of the box are stapled together with rusty staples. The front and the back of the lid gives manufacturing details in black print, including the numbers '3' and '27B'. The sides of the box have become ripped and crumpled. Inside the box in pencil is handwritten 'Hosking'. Total number of items is 2.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss Sarah Hosking in 1983.
Marks and inscriptions
Two edges of the lid: 'DINKY TOYS/ 3 HARVEST TRAILER 27B/ Made in England by Meccano Limited/ Printed in England' Inside the box: 'HOSKING' One edge of the lid next to the number '3': '3/3'
Makers and roles
Meccano Limited, maker