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On display at Young V&A
Imagine Gallery, Small Worlds, Case 1, Shelf 4

Hector Corntop

Toy Rabbit Figure
1989-1995 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Toy figure, a rabbit made from moulded plastic covered with cream and grey flock. The head and body are cream with the tip of the ears and the left eye patch grey. The eyes are black beads and the tail a pompom of nylon wool. The hands are curled and the feet flat. It is jointed at the neck, shoulders and hips.

The figure is dressed in beige cotton dungarees with white plastic buttons at the front and a yellow and white checked cotton with white at the collar, it fastens at the back with velcro. It is accessorised with a moulded gold plastic trumpet held by a carrying strap of red cotton braid, a loop sewn at each end.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 5 parts.

  • Figure
  • Trousers
  • Shirt
  • Trumpet
  • Strap
Titles
  • Hector Corntop (manufacturer's title)
  • Sylvanian Families (series title)
Materials and techniques
Flocked moulded plastic, nylon wool, other plastics, cotton
Brief description
Fabric coated plastic Sylvanian Families Hector Corntop rabbit figure, made in Taiwan by Epoch Co. Ltd. for Tomy, 1989
Physical description
Toy figure, a rabbit made from moulded plastic covered with cream and grey flock. The head and body are cream with the tip of the ears and the left eye patch grey. The eyes are black beads and the tail a pompom of nylon wool. The hands are curled and the feet flat. It is jointed at the neck, shoulders and hips.

The figure is dressed in beige cotton dungarees with white plastic buttons at the front and a yellow and white checked cotton with white at the collar, it fastens at the back with velcro. It is accessorised with a moulded gold plastic trumpet held by a carrying strap of red cotton braid, a loop sewn at each end.
Dimensions
  • Height: 90mm
  • Width: 50mm
  • Depth: 40mm
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
'©1985 Epoch / Taiwan' (oval gold label glued to the right foot)
Credit line
Given by Tomy UK Ltd
Object history
This item was donated by Tomy UK Ltd as part of the Sylvanian Families series. It has not been played with.
Production
1985 is the copyright date
Subjects depicted
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Toy Trader, May, 1989
Collection
Accession number
B.72:1 to 5-1998

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Record createdMay 29, 1998
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