Toy ship
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
24mm (Width) x 30mm (Depth - Max to height of funnels) x195mm (Length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672216
Summary
A medium sized handmade painted wooden ship. The front is angled to a point and the back is rounded. The front and back are cut away to provide a deck on which three funnels, which are angled backwards, are positioned. The upper deck and the funnels are painted yellow and the hull and lower front and back of the ship are painted red.
Provenance
Part of a large collection of handmade toys and puzzles donated to the Museum of Childhood in 2019 by Nigel Briggs. They were made by John Doble, father of the donor's wife Hanne. He had worked with Nancy Catford (of the Nursery Schools Association), the designer of the toys, during the Second World War. Together they produced paper patterns that people could use at home as templates for thin ply patterns which could in turn be used to make their own wooden toys. Other toys were made from dowels and empty cotton reels.