Miscellaneous items
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, metal and wood
Measurements
Wooden box - 145 mm (length); 71 mm (height), Metal box - 45 mm (length); 34 mm (width), Magnet - 62 mm (width); 95 mm (height), Cardboard box - 55 mm (width), Each metal circle and cog (min) - 16 mm (diameter), Each metal circle and cog (max) - 90 mm (diameter)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670763
Summary
A wooden box, without a lid, with a woven pattern on all four sides, with a wooden foot at each corner and a green felt pad on each foot. The wood is a dark stained brown colour. The box contains a horseshoe magnet, a metal tin with lid, a cardboard box containing tiny pieces of metal, two grey metal rectangles, two cog shaped metal discs, twelve assorted sized metal circles and three small balls, two cream, one blue. These would be for testing the magnetism of various materials. Total number of items is 24.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss Sarah Hosking in 1983.