Horn book
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1965
Materials
Wood, leather, metal, paper and plastic
Measurements
115 mm (length); 67 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670995
Summary
A reproduction horn book, possible circa 1965. It is rectangular in shape and has a handle at the bottom. It is made from wood with leather stretched over it. Fixed onto one side is a laminated photocopy of a handwritten piece of paper which has the alphabet in upper and lower case at the top, vowels below, and the Lord's Prayer at the bottom. This is attached by a border made of aluminium strips fastened by metal rivets.