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Educational Toy

c 1900 (made), ca. 1900 (made)
Artist/Maker
Philip & Tacey (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (made)
Germany (made)

Wooden boxes with sliding lids, each containing wooden building blocks of different shapes.

Object details

Categories
Children & Childhood
Education & Learning
Games
Construction Toys
Object type
Educational toy
Parts
This object consists of 11 parts.

  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
  • Building Shapes
Materials and techniques
Wood, machine cut
Wood
Sawing
Brief description
Eleven wooden boxes containing geometric solids and planes, English or German, c 1900
Physical description
Wooden boxes with sliding lids, each containing wooden building blocks of different shapes.
Production typeMass produced
Credit line
Given by H. R. Van Stuwe
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
MISC.4:1-1990

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1121785/educational-toy-philip--tacey/
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