Not currently on display at the V&A

Kaleidoscope

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

Mild pressed steel, lithographed to show maker's details and illustrations of the scene and nursery rhyme, blue metal eye piece and yellow plastic base containing multicoloured bits of plastic.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Mild pressed steel, lithographed, plastic
Brief description
Kaleidoscope, featuring Hi Diddle Diddle, Chad Valley, 1970s
Physical description
Mild pressed steel, lithographed to show maker's details and illustrations of the scene and nursery rhyme, blue metal eye piece and yellow plastic base containing multicoloured bits of plastic.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8in
Production typemass produced
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Production
marked MADE IN ENGLAND

Reason For Production: retail
Collection
Accession number
B.1270-1999

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Record createdApril 17, 2000
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