2021年10月28日 · toy drum: playing catch: toy recorder/flute: hop-scotch (played by first throwing a tile into one of 10 squares) toy gun, bow & arrow, sword: Base-ball/ trap ball (hit ball, run post to post to home)* child's wagon* battledore & shuttl cock [now badmiton] spinning top: dancing round the May-Pole: nine-pins (now bowling) fishing: windmill ...

Before Barbie, before Hot Wheels, even before the baby doll, the toys that children clamored for in historical times were quite a bit different to what we grew up with. Mass production was not yet common, and so many of these toys either had to be skillfully made at home or else they could cost quite a bit of money.

Collectibles like marbles and card games also formed an essential part of 18th-century childhood. Chess and draughts (checkers) were board games that taught strategic thinking. Meanwhile, simpler toys like jacks, knucklebones, and whirligigs provided affordable and enjoyable ways to …

2021年3月14日 · The Kaleidoscope was invented in 1816 by David Brewster. In 1882 Adeline Whitney patented alphabet blocks. In the 19th century, middle-class girls played with wood or porcelain dolls. They also had doll houses, model shops, and skipping ropes. Boys played with toys like marbles and toy soldiers as well as toy trains.

2025年2月28日 · Carts, hoops, hobby horses, puppets, tops, toy soldiers, whirligigs, and other toys from the 18th century.

2014年1月16日 · Whirling toys made their appearance in English Literature as early as 1686 while at least 5 kinds of tops were known in the 15th century. Both boys and girls played with tops and buzzers, apparently noisy, dizzy things have a universal appeal.

2017年3月15日 · This exhibit showcases objects of leisure, focusing on children's toys like wooden wagons and paper dolls. These artifacts depict evolving themes of childhood and growth in North America from the mid-18th to the late-19th centuries.

2020年3月22日 · Form the second half of the 19 th century, tin soldiers became the most important product of the tin toy workshops. These toys were also used to promote young boys’ interest in the army, and playing with tin soldiers developed a decided patriotic undertone. Prussian Hussars in 1813 by Kieler Zinnfiguren

2024年6月14日 · But everyone has time for downtime, rainy days, cold days, so they had some toys. Now no one family would have had this many toys in their family. You had one or two, and you only had new toys if you were the oldest child. If you were the youngest, they were hand-me-downs, from everyone else, but that’s okay because they were made to last.

a similar suite of six glazed animal and bird toys, circa 1816 the tallest 17cm. high (6) More from The Diana Cargo - Chinese Export Porcelain