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Description: | Toy on wheels, 'mouse in a house'; formed of a yellow, softwood base with an upturned half-coconut shell on it for the house. The mouse is made from carved wood mouse, stained grey, with glass eyes and comes out of a hole in the front of the coconut when the wheels are turned round. The wheels are of red softwood and has axles and a connector shaft of white metal wire. This is called a 'waldorf' toy.
caption: General view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1969.622
caption: Frontal view of whole of Horniman Museum object no 1969.622
caption: Detail view of mouse of Horniman Museum object no 1969.622
caption: Detail view of house of Horniman Museum object no 1969.622 | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | nut (plant material) wood staining coconut metal string wheeled toys glass Family and Home mouse in a houses | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-49161 | Go to resource |
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