Lighthouse
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood
Measurements
300 mm (Height) x 100 mm (Width, across base)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672230
Summary
A wooden lighthouse comprising of six turned bobbins each with a black stained window, a red stained wooden top and two turned wooden discs forming a base to the tower all held together with a dowel. The wooden, rustic looking base has steps and a path carved into it.
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.