Pictorial block
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
Box - 54 mm (height); 153 mm (width); 188 mm (length), 36 mm (height); 36 mm (width); 36 mm (length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671327
Summary
A set of twelve wooden picture blocks showing children in Victorian dress playing games and helping in the house. They are packed in a wooden box covered in purple mottled paper with a picture of one of the designs pasted to the outside of the lid. The lid was hinged to the box by a strip of fabric, but is now detached.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss K. Fairclough in July 1976.