Object number
2009/55/1-5
Title
Corgi Toys Gift Set No. 15,
Collection
Exhibition
Creator
Description
This Corgi Toys gift set includes a Land Rover, horse box, horse and foal, complete in a box with the words 'Corgi Gift Set 15 // Land Rover + Price's Beaufort Double Horse Box Mare + Foal.' The set was first issued in 1968, when Corgi production was at Fforest-fach, Swansea. ‘Corgi Toys’ were manufactured by Mettoy Playcraft Ltd. Numbering: 1) Box, 2) Insert, 3) Land rover, 4) Trailer, 5) Horse and foal
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'Corgi Toys Land Rover and Horse Trailer // Gift Set 15 // First issued in 1968 // 2009/55/1 Land Rover - blue with white rear cover bearing the words 'Corgi Pony Club.' // 2009/55/2 Horse Trailer - blue + white // 2009/55/3 Plastic Horse: 2009/55/4 - Flastic Foal // 2009/55/5 Box with words 'Corgi Gift Set 15 // Land Rover + Price's Beaufort Double Horse Box Mare + Foal' // ... Purchased as part of the Collecting 20thc Rural CUlture Project.'
Production place
Fforest-fach, Fforest-fach
Production date
1968
Object name
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