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Sanitas Box O' Bricks Painting Set

Paint Set
1920-1929 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

24 printed card shapes to be painted and folded to make building blocks
contained in a card folder printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and an illustration of three children playing with the bricks; on the back it shows toys around the edges and a girl in the centre putting embrocation fluid onto the joints of a wooden doll; inside is printed with the 24 shapes; folder flap printed with the instructions for making up the bricks
blocks have 6 adjoining illustrated squares with tabs for folding and gluing the made up bricks; each has a letter of the alphabet, 4 pictures with its title appropriate to the letter and an advertisement for a Sanitas product (X,Y,Z on one brick with only 2 pictures)


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSanitas Box O' Bricks Painting Set (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
printed card
Brief description
Sanitas Box o' Bricks, English; 1920s
Physical description
24 printed card shapes to be painted and folded to make building blocks
contained in a card folder printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and an illustration of three children playing with the bricks; on the back it shows toys around the edges and a girl in the centre putting embrocation fluid onto the joints of a wooden doll; inside is printed with the 24 shapes; folder flap printed with the instructions for making up the bricks
blocks have 6 adjoining illustrated squares with tabs for folding and gluing the made up bricks; each has a letter of the alphabet, 4 pictures with its title appropriate to the letter and an advertisement for a Sanitas product (X,Y,Z on one brick with only 2 pictures)
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • Sanitas Box o'Bricks Painting Set complete with colour illustrations // set of keyed blanks & easy instructions for making a full set of coloured Alphabet Bricks (box; printed)
  • Published by Sanitas Co Ltd, Disinfectant Manufacturers by Appointment to HM the King, London, E14 England (box; printed)
  • 2/6 (price in an orange circle)
  • STEAD (signed on the back of the folder)
Credit line
Given by Eileen A. Brock
Object history
Stead is the name of the illustrator.
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Accession number
MISC.158-1986

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Record createdJanuary 19, 2001
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