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Humming Top

Top
1970-1978 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Boxed metal spinning top.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Top
  • Box
TitleHumming Top (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
Boxed metal spinning top made in England by the Chad Valley Company in the late 1970s
Physical description
Boxed metal spinning top.
Production typemass produced
Credit line
Given by Palitoy Co. Ltd
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive. This top was produced before Chad Vallaey became part of Palitoy in 1979. At that time, existing stock and prototypes from Chad Valley were moved to the Coalville and remained there as part of the samples used for testing or any other purposes by the designers.
Other number
10650 - product number
Collection
Accession number
B.338:1, 2-1999

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Record createdMarch 26, 1999
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