Original box for doll
Playmobil
Category
Dolls
Date
2005
Materials
Cardboard box for dolls
Measurements
153 x 100 x 48 mm
Place of origin
Malta
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672699
Summary
A rectangular shaped sealed cardboard box that contains two dolls and a wheelchair manufactured by Playmobil. The box is predominantly blue with colour images of the two dolls on the front, both sides and the rear. These images show one of the dolls pushing the other who is sat in a blue wheelchair. ‘Playmobil’ is printed in white on the front, one side and both ends of the box and in blue on the rear. The rear of the box has a colour image of both the dolls standing, one dressed in a yellow top and green trousers, the other in a red jacket and green trousers with this doll having white bandages around its head, left arm and right leg. The height dimensions of the dolls are printed next to them. The dolls set number (4407) is printed in white on a red background on all sides and ends of the box.
Provenance
Manufactured by Playmobil in 2005. Purchased by The National Trust as part of the Collecting Cultures Exploring Childhoods project.
Makers and roles
Playmobil , manufacturer