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Escor Toys Limited
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and cardboard
Measurements
Base – 255 mm (length); 130 mm (width); 63 mm (height), Box - 260 mm (length); 137 mm (width); 82 mm (height)
Place of origin
Grovelely Road
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670212
Summary
A cardboard box which contains a white painted wooded base with thirteen small wooden pegs. These to hold nine soldiers and four balls, but these are all missing. The base has four yellow wooden wheels with metal hubs and a yellow plastic string to pull. The original cardboard box has a photograph of the soldiers on their base and instructions and details of the manufacturer on the sides, printed in red. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
On the Union Jack label on the base: 'MADE IN ENGLAND' On the label on the base: 'ESCOR'
Makers and roles
Escor Toys Limited, maker