Constructional toy
D.C.Penrose and Co Ltd
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and cellophane
Measurements
Each piece (max) - 310 mm (length); 310 mm (width), Each piece (min) - 300 mm (length); 300 mm (width)
Place of origin
Staines
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670656
Summary
A cardboard kit to construct a garden - Garden Cutouts The Cottage Garden. It is contained in a cardboard envelope which is covered with a cellophane envelope. The envelope has a coloured picture of a drawing of a cottage and garden in a circular frame. In the corners are small medallions with drawings of a well, beehives, and garden activities. On the back is black text describing the contents of the kit and an illustration of the way the kit may be assembled. The contents consists of one thick piece of card which is the base on which the models may be assembled and three pieces of thin card which may be cut out and joined to the base. Total number of items is 6.
Makers and roles
D.C.Penrose and Co Ltd, maker