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Spirotot

Drawing Kit
1980
Artist/Maker
Palitoy
Denys Fisher Group Ltd - Denys Fisher Toys Ltd
Place of origin
England

Object details

Object type
Drawing kit
Parts
This object consists of 13 parts.

  • Box
  • Box
  • Tray
  • Pen
  • Pen
  • Paper
  • Instructions
  • Clamp
  • Ring
  • Ring
  • Ring
  • Disc
  • Hand Written Sheet
TitleSpirotot (manufacturer's title)
Production typemass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • ®Made in England by Palitoy, a division of General Mills UK Ltd (printed on box)
  • CHAD VALLEY (Trade mark)
Credit line
Given by the Palitoy Company
Object history
Designed and copyrighted by Denys Fisher, the toy was later made by Palitoy using the Chad Valley trademark which had become part of Palitoy, like Denys Fisher, in the late 1970s (1979).
Production
This was made under the Chad Valley Label; it has the hand written date 5.1.81 (05/01/1981).

Reason For Production: retail
Other number
23504 - product number
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.520:1-1998

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Record createdSeptember 17, 1998
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O9052/spirotot-drawing-kit-palitoy/
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