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Paddling Pool

Swimming Aids
©1978
Artist/Maker
Chad Valley Company Limited (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Taiwan

card label, printed in colours on cream to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of the character and the toy; stapled to a clear plastic bag
contains heavy gauge vinyl paddling pool printed in colours to show designs from Holly Hobbie

Object details

Object type
Swimming aids
Titles
  • Paddling Pool (manufacturer's title)
  • HOLLY HOBBIE™ (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
card, printed in colours, vinyl, plastic
Card
Vinyl
Plastic
Printed
Brief description
Inflatable plastic Holly Hobbie Paddling Pool made in Taiwan by Chad Valley in 1978
Physical description
card label, printed in colours on cream to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of the character and the toy; stapled to a clear plastic bag
contains heavy gauge vinyl paddling pool printed in colours to show designs from Holly Hobbie
Dimensions
  • Length: 10½in
  • Width: 9¾in
  • Pool inflated length: 36in
  • Width: 11in
Production typemass produced
Copy number
26040
Marks and inscriptions
  • ©1978 The Chad Valley Company, Birmingham
  • Holly Hobbie Designs ©American Greetings Corporation, 1978 (box; printed)
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive
Historical context
marked in green with the test number 1563, though it has not been tested
Production
Made in Taiwan

Reason For Production: retail
Associated objects
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.498-1999

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Record createdNovember 22, 1999
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O12298/paddling-pool-swimming-aids-chad-valley-company/
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