CHILDHOOD : TOYS

Title: Toys: Eggs
Object Name: Eggs
Description: Nest of 9 wooden turned eggs. One large red egg which opens to reveal a blue egg, inside a yellow egg, then an orange one, green, yellow, purple etc. The last two smallest eggs have one half wanting. These toy eggs were probably an Easter gift to be used in an egg hunt.
Materials: Wood
Catalogue Number: HOYFM.245.1967
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