Toy wagon
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood and metal
Measurements
70 mm (Height) x 95 mm (Width) ; 175 mm (Length)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672349.3
Summary
A hand made wooden goods wagon part of a pull along train set consisting of three goods wagons a guards van and forty two wooden blocks loaded inside the three wagons. The wagon is stained coloured a reddish brown with four wooden wheels running on wooden axles. On the front of the wagon is a metal hook to attach to the other wagon. On the back is attached a loop of chain for connection to the other wagons.
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.