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Cyril Hobbins
Category
Toys
Date
2003 - 2004
Materials
Wood
Measurements
90 mm (Width) x 60 mm (Depth); 130 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Kenilworth
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Wordsworth House and Garden, Cumbria
NT 866724
Summary
Wooden hollow humming top with pointed apex and thin wooden spindle with hole for the thread. Carved wooden handle with shaped point and the upper end divided with a hole to support the spindle of the top. Linen thread with a small wooden square bead at one end.
Makers and roles
Cyril Hobbins, toymaker