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An Original Hand Made Soft Toy

Soft Toy
ca. 1977 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Chad Valley Company Limited (manufacturer)
Playmates Toys (manufacturer)
Place of origin
England (manufactured)
Hong Kong (manufactured)

originally housed in a plastic bag with label stapled to the top
card label printed in colours to show the title and maker's details
owl is of mottled orange, brown, white and black fur fabric, orange felt with orange ribbon, black and white bulbous eyes
FIRE TESTED
hanging seat with chain of moulded plastic representing cream wicker

Object details

Object type
Soft toy
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Label
  • Owl Figure
  • Hanging Seat
TitleAn Original Hand Made Soft Toy (series title)
Materials and techniques
fur fabric, moulded plastic
Fur Fabric
Plastic
Moulded
Brief description
Chad Valley, English, about 1977
Physical description
originally housed in a plastic bag with label stapled to the top
card label printed in colours to show the title and maker's details
owl is of mottled orange, brown, white and black fur fabric, orange felt with orange ribbon, black and white bulbous eyes
FIRE TESTED
hanging seat with chain of moulded plastic representing cream wicker
Dimensions
  • Owl height: 8in
  • Seat height: 9in
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • May 1977, No. 1692 (written on seat)
  • 1691 (written on label)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Part of the Palitoy Archive

Fire tested with burns on the body; eye have been removed for testing.
Production
the seat was made in Hong Kong by Playmates

Attribution note: tested and number samples
Reason For Production: retail
Other numbers
  • 1691 (owl) - sample number
  • 1692 (seat) - sample number
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.1504:1-1999

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Record createdNovember 6, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O49199/an-original-hand-made-soft-soft-toy-chad-valley-company/
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