Construction toy part
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stained wood
Measurements
32 mm (Width) x 9 mm (Depth); 89 mm (Length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672244.8
Summary
A blue stained wooden block with the corners cut off at an angle used in the construction colour match toy, inventory number 672244.
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.