D53_002095 Plastic Doll with Knitted Attire

Item Reference: 002095
Category: Toys and Games
Format: Artefact
Description: 12-inch plastic doll with hand-knitted yellow dress, white cape, and wreath-crown. Gold thread detailing throughout. The doll itself appears not to be contemporaneous to the knitwear. Also features a small pin closure underneath the cloak.
Date: c. 1990s
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D64_006675 ‘Put and Take’ Spinning Top Games

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Description: ‘Put and Take’ brass spinning top game.
Date: c. 1940s
Further Information:  The game achieved great popularity in the First World War period amongst British troops. The games bears a similarity to the traditional Jewish game of Dreidal, played during Hannukah.
Links: More about the game’s wartime popularity.

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spinning top
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