FARMER GILES PHONE

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Artist/Maker	Tomy Company Inc. (manufacturers)
Place of origin	Hong Kong (manufactured)

card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of the toy being played with
contains a red plastic phone which makes animals sounds
battery operated

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Object type	Toy telephone
Titles	FARMER GILES PHONE (manufacturer's title) DISCOVERY TIME (series title)
Materials and techniques	printed card, moulded plastic Card Plastic Printed Moulded
Brief description	Tomy, Hong Kong, 1975
Physical description	card box printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and photographs of the toy being played with contains a red plastic phone which makes animals sounds battery operated
Dimensions	Length: 9¼in Width: 8¼in Depth: 4½in
Production type	mass produced
Copy number	Cat. No. 36028
Marks and inscriptions	TOMY (HONG KONG) LTD (white label; printed) THK-1029 (hand written in black on white label) NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THE DESIGN DEPARTMENT (typewritten label on box side) ages 2 -5
Credit line	Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history	Part of the Palitoy Archive *this is a sample from the manufacturer and contains typewritten instructions, a white label printed TOMY (HONG KONG) LTD and written in black THK-1029
Production	Made in Hong Kong by Tomy exclusively for Palitoy Ltd under liecence from Tomy Kogyo Co Inc Attribution note: sample
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.860-1999

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Record created	July 6, 2000
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O41322/farmer-giles-phone-toy-telephone-tomy-company-inc/

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