Wooden toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stained wood
Measurements
238 mm (Length); 162 mm (Height); 88 mm (Width)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672247.1
Summary
A 'knock through toy' bench comprising a wooden frame with shaped end supports and a platform with 6 holes drilled into it. The six holes are to contain the wooden dowels (catalogued as 672247.2) that can be knocked through the holes with a separate wooden mallet (catalogued as 672247.3).
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.