Constructional toy
Crandall
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and paper
Measurements
Each wooden part (min) - 62 mm (length); 22 mm (width), Each wooden part (max) - 103 mm (length); 47 mm (width), Illustration sheet - 470 mm (width); 620 mm (height), Each flat part - 6 mm (depth), Each finial - 22 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670249
Summary
A set of pieces of unpainted wood, with tongue and groove joints to fit them together. These are Crandall's Improved Building Blocks. There are twenty two pieces each 77mm x 47mm, fifteen pieces each 77mm x 22mm, three long pointed round finials, three short domed round finials, and a large sheet showing models which can be made with the set. Printed on the instruction sheet is 'Crandell's Improved Building Blocks For Children'. Total number of items is 44. Total number of items is forty four
Marks and inscriptions
On the illustration sheet: 'CRANDALL'S/ IMPROVED/ BUILDING BLOCKS/ FOR CHILDREN'
Makers and roles
Crandall , maker