Wooden toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Stained wood
Measurements
47 mm (Height) x 31 mm (Width) x 219 mm (Length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672262.1
Summary
Part of a 'teaching aid' type toy, which consists of a rectangular block of wood into which are fitted six solid wooden cylinders. These are identical in all but height - very short at one end, graded up to very long at the other, and the holes are sized to match. The wooden block has been 'rounded off' at each edge and corner, and stained a light red-brown colour. The cylinders (or pegs) are catalogued as 672262.2.
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.