Cocoa Cub
Britains
Category
Toys
Date
1939
Materials
Metal
Measurements
Each model (max) - 500 mm (height), Each model (min) - 350 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670597
Summary
Eighty nine cast metal models of animals and birds (Cadbury's Cocoa Cubs) dressed in brightly coloured clothes. They were used by Cadbury's to promote cocoa sales. This collection include: two foxes, three ducks, three owls, eight penguins, eight badgers, nine monkeys, four hens (Mrs Henrietta Fussy - Feathers), three pigs (two wearing green and one in white - Mr Pie Porker), eight kangaroos, eight squirrels, eight parrots, three frogs, four geese, eight blackbirds, two rabbits, four robins, and four mice. On the bottom of some bases is embossed a number above, 'Cadbury, Britains, [P or B]'tor'. One of the hens is broken. Total number of items is 89.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs C. V. E. Benfield.
Makers and roles
Britains , maker