Rectangular grey paper-covered cardboard box with multi-coloured printed lid with set of 8 cube multi-coloured printed paper-covered cardboard musical bells & multi-coloured printed music book, comprising:
[1] Box base; rectangular with four sides and a base with two small semi circle cut-outs on front side edge. Grey paper-covered cardboard box.
[2] Box lid; rectangular with three sides and a top. Fabric join attached to back side edge where back edge missing. Grey paper-covered cardboard lid with printed in brown, red and green tones picture of animals playing orchestral music instruments. Printed in white with red outline musical-type font across top: ‘Pim’s MUSICAL BLOCKS’. Printed in black font within a red box on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘THE CHILD’S FIRST MUSIC LESSON,/TAUGHT IN AN ORIGINAL AND/AMUSING WAY./THEY LEARN WHILE THEY PLAY!’. Printed in black font within a red box on the right hand side bottom corner: ‘EIGHT TINKLING BELL/BLOCKS COMPLETE WITH/NOVEL MUSIC BOOK’. Printed in red font across bottom ‘PAT. APP. No. 14330/44/DEPARTMENT OF WAR ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRY PERMIT No. N195’. Printed in red font on the right hand side bottom corner: ‘PRODUCT OF L. G. PIMBLETT SYDNEY’. Printed in black font and attached to the underside of lid: ‘THE WORKMANSHIP in this TOY/is FULLY GUARANTEED. If/any fault is found in construction,/please communicate direct with the/manufacturer:/L. G. PIMBLETT,/97 Soldiers’ Avenue, Harbord,/N.S.W.’
[3] Music book; cardboard cover with two staples in fold. Front cover has printed picture of animals playing orchestral music instruments (same as box lid). Printed in white with red outline musical-type font across top: ‘Pim’s MUSICAL BLOCKS’. Printed in black font within a red box on the left hand side bottom corner: 'NOVEL MUSIC BOOK/Containing/SIMPLE TUNES AND INSTRUCTION SHEET'. Printed in black font within a red box on the right hand side bottom corner: 'Jingle Bells, London Bridge is Falling Down, Happy/Birthday, Nuts in May, Three Blind Mice, Home, Sweet/Home, Musical Alphabet, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Jack/and Jill, Sing a Song of Sixpence.'. Printed in red font across bottom edge: 'PAT. APP. No. 14330/44/DEPARTMENT OF WAR ORGANISATION OF INDUSTRY PERMIT No. N195'. Printed in red font on the right hand side bottom edge: 'PRODUCT OF L.G. PIMBLETT, Sydney.' Back cover is grey with printed red font on left hand side bottom corner: 'PRINTED BY F. H. BOOTH & SON PTY. LTD./31 BURTON STREET, SYDNEY’.
[4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11] Music block; paper-covered cardboard cube in three interlocking parts; base, lid & internal bell. Underside of base has five circular cut-outs. Bell contained inside each block represents the 8 notes of the C major scale. Multi-coloured printed animal picture on each block represents the letter of each note in the C major scale. Base side printed blue with printed black music scale including treble clef & music notes F, A, C, E, and printed white block letter centred representing a note. Adjacent base side printed blue with printed black music scale including treble clef & music notes E, G, B, D, F, and printed white block letter centred representing a note. Two base sides adjacent to each other printed red with printed black sixteenth note and printed white beamed note, treble clef & crotchet in fanciful arrangement.
[4] Music block ‘A’, ‘Alligator’; picture of alligator playing a drum-kit. Printed in white font across bottom: ‘ALLIGATOR’. Printed in white on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘A’.
[5] Music block, 'B', 'Bear'; picture of bear playing a bassoon. Printed in white font across bottom: ‘BEAR’. Printed in white on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘B’.
[6] Music block, 'C', 'Cat'; picture of cat playing a flute. Printed in white font across bottom: ‘CAT’. Printed in white on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘C’.
[7] Music block, 'D', 'Dog'; picture of dog playing a drum-kit. Printed in white font across bottom: ‘DOG’. Printed in white on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘D’.
[8] Music block, 'E', 'Elephant'; picture of elephant playing a double-bass. Printed in white font across bottom: ‘ELEPHANT’. Printed in white on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘E’.
[9] Music block, 'F', 'Frog'; picture of frog playing a cello. Printed in white font across bottom: ‘FROG’. Printed in white on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘F’.
[10] Music block, 'G', 'Goat'; picture of goat playing a clarinet. Printed in white font across bottom: ‘GOAT’. Printed in white on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘G’.
[11] Music block, 'C', 'Cow'; picture of cow playing a violin. Printed in white font across bottom: ‘COW’. Printed in white on the left hand side bottom corner: ‘C’.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H2008.42.1-11 |
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| Accession Date: | 18 Nov 2008 |
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| Acquisition Year: | 2008 |
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Material
| Metal | 4 - Music block, 'A', 'Alligator' |
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Measurement
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