Toy
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and paper
Measurements
72 x 22 x 22 mm; 70 mm (Height); 20 mm (Width); 20 mm (Depth)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937048.2.2
Summary
Small softwood toy covered in paper with brightly coloured images of clowns, faces and exotic animals and birds, consists of a rectangular block within a rectangular sleeve, contained within a red metal box with hinged lid along with: [.1] small rectangular turquoise cardboard box, 'Empress Harp', made in Germany and probably once containing a brass harmonica; [.3] a small, white, plastic female head with pink cheeks, red lips and brown hair, wearing a deep hat with pink rim and with a pink socket in place of the neck; [.4] 'The "Wee Mite", No.2' pencil/pen with brown plastic body; [.5] wooden item with metal coil, bone button that presses down on the coil and bone finial at other end, broken into four pieces; [.6] small metal item with screw end engraved 'm&e'; [.7] miscellaneous items including two round clay items, one with the end of a roll of paper pushed, a round flat wooden disc with hole, a button and a small piece of green chalk.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
Foreign (stamped)