Wooden shape
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stained wood
Measurements
7 mm (Depth); 50-88 mm (square)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672235.2
Summary
Eight coloured stained square rings, 2 red, 3 orange, 2 blue and 1 brown. When stacked correctly on the spindle (catalogued as 672235.1) the squares form a pyramid.
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.