Alphabet letter
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Metal, wood and bone
Measurements
Box - 124 mm (length); 81 mm (width); 56 mm (height), Each domino - 23 mm (length); 11 mm (width), Each tile - 29 mm (length); 18 mm (height), Key - 15 mm (width)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670732
Summary
A wooden box with a hinged lid and a separate key. The box is decorated with patterns of inlaid ivory or bone. It is not known whether the box is original to the contents or not. There are seventy four ivory or bone rectangular tiles each bearing an upper or lower case letter in black on a white background. There is also a 'four/blank' domino. Total number of items is 77.