Rattle with metal clappers, woven from reeds.
Modern
Private Collector
20th century
Modern doll with a ceramic face, hands and feet and a fabric body.
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
Probably early 20th century
Six marbles made from different coloured glass. Marbles as we know them today came to Britain in... [Read more...]
Museum of Cambridge
c.1916
Materials used to make toys were in short supply during the First World War so children and... [Read more...]
Chatteris Museum, from the Neville Angell estate
1930s - 1950s
Tin was first used to make toys in the mid-nineteenth century. It was hardwearing and cheap to... [Read more...]
University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology
1960-61
Photograph of young boy with a toucan holding a small bow and arrows used to hunt small birds.... [Read more...]
Museum of Cambridge
20th century
Quarter-sized bricks such as this were used during apprenticeship classes at Cambridgeshire... [Read more...]