Object number
2009/57
Collection
Exhibition
Creator
Description
A Tri-ang Minic toy set, clockwork car and caravan. The Tri-ang 1937 catalogue shows the car and caravan set but both in metal..
This is a Tri-ang Minic toy set, consisting of a plastic car and metal caravan. The caravan has a cream upper, red lower and cast hubs. The car is clockwork, in red, with cast hubs. The Tri-ang 1937 catalogue shows the car and caravan set but both in metal. This is a later version, c. 1950, with the same caravan but an updated car in plastic.
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Triang Minic car and caravan, with box. // Clockwork red plastic Armstrong [?] car with cast hubs. // Metal caravan - cream upper, red lower, cast hubs // Wording on box: 'Minic Scale Model Clockwork Toys // Minic Toys Made in England by Lines Bros, Merton, London, SW19. // ... Purchased as part of teh Collecting 20thc Rural Culture project. // Triang catalogue of 1937 shows the Minic Car, Caravan set but with both car and caravan in metal. // This is a later version c. 1950 with the same caravan but with an updated car in plastic.'
Production place
Merton
Production date
1950 - 1950
Object name
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External document
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