Alphabet letter
Category
Education objects
Date
Unknown
Materials
Bone, cardboard and paper
Measurements
Box - 102 mm (length); 65 mm (width); 33 mm (height), Each letter (min) - 15 mm (height), Each letter (max) - 18 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670899
Summary
Four letters of the alphabet made from bone - two in their natural colour, two coloured red, in a small oval cardboard box. It is uncertain whether this box is original to the objects. Pasted on the lid, is a colour printed paper illustration, of a little boy in a sailor suit wearing a black hat and holding a toy boat. Inside are the following ivory or bone letters 'T' and 'Z', both red, 'Y' and 'F', both cream. The sides of the box are becoming detached from the base. Total number of items is 6.
Marks and inscriptions
Inside the lid: 'NINE EXHIBITION PRIZE MEDALS/ CHOCOLATE BONBONS/ J.S.FRY AND SONS./ BRISTOL AND LONDON/ MANUFACTURERS OF THE CELEBRATED CARACAS COCOA'