Sanitas Box O' Bricks Painting Set
Paint Set
1920-1929 (published)
1920-1929 (published)
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| Place of origin |
24 printed card shapes to be painted and folded to make building blocks
contained in a card folder printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and an illustration of three children playing with the bricks; on the back it shows toys around the edges and a girl in the centre putting embrocation fluid onto the joints of a wooden doll; inside is printed with the 24 shapes; folder flap printed with the instructions for making up the bricks
blocks have 6 adjoining illustrated squares with tabs for folding and gluing the made up bricks; each has a letter of the alphabet, 4 pictures with its title appropriate to the letter and an advertisement for a Sanitas product (X,Y,Z on one brick with only 2 pictures)
contained in a card folder printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and an illustration of three children playing with the bricks; on the back it shows toys around the edges and a girl in the centre putting embrocation fluid onto the joints of a wooden doll; inside is printed with the 24 shapes; folder flap printed with the instructions for making up the bricks
blocks have 6 adjoining illustrated squares with tabs for folding and gluing the made up bricks; each has a letter of the alphabet, 4 pictures with its title appropriate to the letter and an advertisement for a Sanitas product (X,Y,Z on one brick with only 2 pictures)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sanitas Box O' Bricks Painting Set (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | printed card |
| Brief description | Sanitas Box o' Bricks, English; 1920s |
| Physical description | 24 printed card shapes to be painted and folded to make building blocks contained in a card folder printed in colours to show the title, maker's details and an illustration of three children playing with the bricks; on the back it shows toys around the edges and a girl in the centre putting embrocation fluid onto the joints of a wooden doll; inside is printed with the 24 shapes; folder flap printed with the instructions for making up the bricks blocks have 6 adjoining illustrated squares with tabs for folding and gluing the made up bricks; each has a letter of the alphabet, 4 pictures with its title appropriate to the letter and an advertisement for a Sanitas product (X,Y,Z on one brick with only 2 pictures) |
| Production type | mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions |
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| Credit line | Given by Eileen A. Brock |
| Object history | Stead is the name of the illustrator. |
| Production | Reason For Production: retail |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.158-1986 |
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| Record created | January 19, 2001 |
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