Even though many of the kids in the Victorian era had a rough life, they were still kids. They enjoyed playing just as I did when I was a child. Despite many of them being required to work long shifts, if they could afford toys, they had them.
However, generally it was only the upper and middle class that had any toys at all. The industrial revolution did change a lot of things. However, early only in the Victorian era toys were still primarily being made by hand. Any toys that were purchased were probably built by a skilled craftsman. Lower class perhaps built their own toys that were given during popular festivals such as Christmas. Toys were very few and far between simply because of the expense and time that it took to build them.
Can ship by U. Mail or UPS. Medium: Commanding presence with a size that fits pretty much everywhere. Iconic children's playroom classic, hand carved in rich polished mahogany, saddler's accoutrements, classic elegantly curved rockers.
Size is cm x This item must be shipped by Truck, so shipping MAY vary from what the shopping cart shows. Large: In the classic British manner, hand sculpted in laminated and hand polished mahogany. Synonymous with quality and detail. Truly a work of art. This reproduction is in high demand. Each piece made to order and truly unique.
Swing horse on classic safety stand. The safety rockers are chrome plated. Size is cm x 46cm x cm, Rolling Hoop Item Last Updated: Tuesday, Aug EDT Sept Godey's Children have been "rolling", "bowling" and "trundling" their hoops from the time of the ancient Egyptians through the hula hoop craze of the late 's.
Artwork on ancient Greek vases illustrates hoops used in play as well as exercise. The early North American colonists brought this pastime with them from Europe, the hoops being made from whatever material was at hand. By Victorian times both wood and metal hoops were favorite playthings. The hoop can be trundled along, raced, used for skipping or twirling around the waist. A dowel is included as a rolling stick, as well as a history card.
This is an oversized item and requires an extra shipping charge. Here is a table of prices, depending on how many you order. Here is a selection of items that would be need by school children. School House Chalk Board Set: Our Schoolhouse Chalkboard Set includes a 5-inch by 7-inch wood frame chalkboard, two sticks of chalk, and a booklet featuring eleven 19th-century popular schoolroom and childhood games. Our Chalkboard Set is great for car rides, party games or teaching children what it was like when students in one-room schools had to do their learning on slate chalkboards.
Early American School Set: Our Early American School Set includes a 6-inch wood ruler and four round, natural 7-inch cedar pencils without erasers like those imported from England to the colonies during the 18th century. Cedar Pencils: Our Colonial Cedar Pencils are a set of five round, natural 7-inch cedar pencils without erasers similar to those used in England and imported to the American colonies during the 18th century.
Pencils of this nature would have had to be sharpened by whittling or cutting one end with a knife. No pencil sharpeners for those colonists! Pencils are neatly wrapped in a parchment history sheet. The Hornbook in America: ABC Hornbook in America is a cute book that contains the definition of a hornbook, a description of Colonial American schools, an explanation of what horn is, and how a hornbook was made.
Also included is information about other learning tablets, the decline of the hornbook, and how the hornbook was used as a toy. Available at the back of the book is a hornbook to cut out.
This publication is filled with nostalgic line drawings and more. Manners and Morals: Our Children's Manners and Morals book includes moral maxims, how to behave, general rules and laws of etiquette, conversational etiquette, table manners, classroom rules, excerpts from books on morals and manners, the art of writing, proper pastimes, and other interesting information about expected behavior of children in the and s. This best-selling book includes many nostalgic illustrations.
Tops Item Last Updated: Tuesday, Aug EDT The whip top may be the most ancient member of the toy top family, thought to have originated in the Far East and making an appearance in manuscripts as early as the 14th century AD. At least 5 types of tops were known in England by the 16th century, including peg tops, whip tops and hand-spun tops. Toy tops brought to the new world colonies by European settlers would not have been the first tops on the North American continent, however.
Tops of all kinds were very popular with North American Indian tribes, who often played their top games on the ice. Peg Top CF : Our peg top is the familiar "turnip shape" top set in motion by a wound string. In the interests of safety we have adapted the traditional "peg" from a long, sharp point to a rounded spinning top. Our solid wood top is decorated with burned lines, packaged with history and instructions in a poly bag.
I had and still do had one of this shape but in red when I was a boy. Whip Top: Whip tops are most often used in racing or endurance games. The top itself is tossed or twisted to start it spinning, whereupon it is lashed from the side with the whip to maintain the spin or drive it forward.
The shape and size of out solid wood top is based on an 18th century engraving. The top is packaged in a poly bag with a whip consisting of a wood dowel with a rawhide lash attached. A history and instruction sheet is included. Finger Top: Reproduction of the 19th Century s wooden spinning top. It is spun by holding between your thumb and fore finger and then snapping your fingers.
Instructions for two top games are included on a card that comes with each Finger Top. Historical Background of Finger Tops: This top is an authentic reproduction of an early 19th-century spinning, wooden top. Some are used with string; others just have a long round stem like our Finger Top, for spinning between the thumb and first finger. This cute little top fits in your pocket and travels a long way to quiet a curious youngster on just about any flat surface. Play with two tops and see which top spins the longest.
Similar toys have also been found in Native American cliff ruins, indicating the toy's antiquity in North America. A folk toy that could have been easily made with materials at hand, one can imagine this toy amusing children from colonial times right through the westward migrations, and continuing to fascinate children today.
Pewter Whirligig Whirling toys made of hammered lead musket balls or coins too old or thin to be of value have been excavated from early American towns, plantations, and military campsites. Our whirligig, packaged in a poly bag with a history and instruction insert, is fashioned from our lead-free pewter reproduction of a Spanish milled dollar, a silver coin widely used in North America during the 16th through early 19th centuries.
The scalloped edge of our buzzer identifies it more particularly as a "buzz saw" toy. In past times the edge was often sharply cut into a sawtooth pattern, but a buzz saw with any shaped edge will produce an impressive loud, whizzing noise when it reaches full speed. Order Information. More s Toys. Secure Purchasing Purchasing is done on our Secure Server. Double Check your purchases, including ALL options, shipping, and payment.
Additional how to order info. Contact Info. If that doesn't work Click here for additional solutions. But because of the Medical Issues we are still very behind and trying to get things out. Balls and Ball Games. Bilbo Catcher. Building Blocks Wooden. Cup and Ball. Drop Spindles. Game of Graces. Jacks Game of. Jacob's Ladder.
Nine Men Morris. NinePins Table Top. Pick-Up Sticks. Quoits Ring Toss Game. Rocking Horses. Rolling Hoop. Toy Guns Wooden. Chess Set Checkers Draughts. Marble Board Games. Card Decks. Canvas Ball. Battledore and Shuttlecock.
Balls and Ball Games Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. These items are Made in USA. Cup and Ball Small.
Cup and Ball Small Colorful. Cup and Ball Large. Historical Background: Toss toys date back to ancient Greece. It is similar to, but much easier than the Bilboquet, which has the ball landing on a pointed stick instead of inside a cup. See if you can catch the ball with the cup. Play with others and see who can score the majority of points by catching the ball the most. Do not let this toy fool you; it takes good hand dexterity to score. Wagon of Building Blocks. Made in the USA. Building Block Set 28 Piece.
Building Block Set 48 Block Set. Building Block Set 62 Block Set. Ages 2 years and up. Building Block Sets Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted.
Slate Board assorted sizes. Abacus Slate Board. School House Chalk Board Set. Chalk White. Sarah discontinued. Betsey discontinued.
Eve discontinued. Penny Doll. Penny Doll Kit. Corn Husk Doll Kit Traditional. Handkerchief Doll Kit. Miss Poppet Doll Kit. Pocket Folk Doll Kit. Spoon Doll Kit. Early American Dolls Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Domino Games Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. The Eskimo name for dominoes means "standing upright side by side. Drop Spindle - Wool. Drop Spindle - Cotton.
Silver Rope Tension Toy Drum. Blue Rope Tension Toy Drum. Wood Rope Tension Youth Drum. Complete Music for Fife and Drum. Game of Graces Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted.
Historical Background: The historical game of Graces is meant to be played outdoors by two people. It was brought to America by the French where it was known as La Grace. Also known as The Flying Circle and French Hoops, it was most popular during the Victorian period, particularly with young ladies, and used for exercise and to teach gracefulness. Young men never played this game together but were willing to play with a lady. Times have changed and we now encourage everyone to play this game, young and old, boys and girls, men and women.
This item is Made in USA. Hopscotch Games Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Hopscotch Games Sidewalk chalk, 5 pucks and directions. Historical Background: According to most sources, hopscotch was developed centuries ago in Great Britain during the Roman occupation. Because the original hopscotch courts were used for military training, they were over feet long! Roman soldiers used this road frequently, so a military exercise was developed to condition them for it.
Roman soldiers tested their strength on these hopscotch courts by carrying heavy loads or wearing full armor. Today, football players go through similar conditioning drills by running through rows of truck tires in full gear. Game of Jacks and Game of Knucklebones Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. This game was also known as Jackstones, Five Stones, Knucklebones, and other names. Knucklebones eventually led to the game of dice which was mostly played by boys and to the game of jacks which was mostly played by girls.
Jacks is a game of skill, as are earlier games that involve throwing the jacks into the air and catching them, or bouncing a ball and picking up a certain number of jacks from a surface.
Children all over the world have played some form of jacks for centuries. Jacob's Ladder Toy Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Historical Background: The Jacob's Ladder toy dates back to Pilgrim times in the New World and was allowed as a Sunday toy for Puritan children because of its biblical reference Genesis Jacob was on a journey and had a dream about angels moving up and down a ladder between heaven and earth.
The Jacob's Ladder toy is still enjoyed today by both children and adults as a "nice quiet toy". Glass Marbles. Clay Marbles. Marbles Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Historical Background: The history of marbles dates back to at least 3, years ago in ancient Egypt and Rome. The Roman poet Ovid wrote of the game of marbles. The oldest marbles found so far were buried with an Egyptian child at Nagada. Marbles from Crete that date back to B.
Marbles have also been found in ancient Native American earthen mounds in North America. During the reign of Elizabeth I, tradition has it that a game of marbles was played to win the hand of a maiden. Nine Men Morris Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Tabletop CF Ninepins Game. Tabletop Ninepins Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Historical Background: Bowling games are among the oldest games in the world. Archeologists have found stone bowling pins and balls buried with the mummified remains of a child in Egypt who died around B.
Cavemen probably bowled at targets to increase their skills at hunting. Ula Maika, an ancient Polynesian game, was played with stone pins and balls. An ancient Roman version of this game became known as "boccie," which is an Italian form of what the British refer to as "lawn bowls.
Wooden Pick-Up Sticks with bag. Bamboo Pick-Up Sticks in wood box. Pick-Up Sticks Jackstraws Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Historical Background: Stick games appear in many cultures. In 12th-century China, sticks were first used in predictions. The sticks were scattered to "base the reading of destiny. The Japanese Emperor was referred to as "Mikado" from the word "tsuchimikado. The name pick-up sticks may have come from this children's nursery rhyme: One, two, buckle my shoe, Three, four, shut the door, Five, six, pick up sticks, Seven, eight, lay them straight, Nine, ten, a big fat hen.
Quoits Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Historical Background: The game of quoits may have evolved from ancient Greece, where athletes enjoyed throwing a discus for competition. Victorian Rocking Horses Check, by clicking, the box for each item and size wanted. Sept Godey's. That is because the Post Office has gone crazy. Hence the name. Spinning Tops were actually just a simplified version of the whip and top. Spinning tops where set to spinning by using ones fingers to spin it.
Ring toss or even Yard Jarts most likely evolved from Quoits. It was a game that had anywhere from one to 9 poles or pegs and several rings. The rings were usually made of rope. As with ring toss the object was to through the rings over the pegs to score points.
Toy Theatres were no exception. While the parents were going to the Theatre children were pretending with their toy theatres.
Toy Theatres were copied after the grown up theatre shows of the day. It is made of a spool type object and two sticks with a string tied to each stick. The goal was to throw the spool in the air with the sticks and string and catch with them. There were many tricks that could be perfected with a lot of practice. These toy trains were not made popular until the latter part of the Victorian era. A company called Marklin was the first to make complete toy train sets out of soldered tin.
A basic toy train set could be bought and then additional parts and sections could be purchased to add to it as time went by. Only Rich Victorian Families could afford one. According to Wikipedia, Skittles is a predecessor of many of the games of today, such as, bowling and lawn bowling. In the Victorian era this game was typically played outside but had indoor variations as well.
It is still a popular indoor pub game in some areas of the UK and United States. It consisted of a round hard ball and several Skittles, usually around nine. The object of the game was to roll the ball and knock down as many skittles as possible. Although wealthy families could buy fancy and extravagant Skittles sets, this game was played by the rich and the poor since it could easily be made by hand. C, and leather or animal skins have been used to make them just about as long.
Football was played on the lawns or in the streets by all classes of people. Yes, the rich children could own a fancy professionally made ball but the poor children could easily make their own. Books were a great source of enjoyment for Victorian Children, rich or poor. They would read them over and over. Published by Paxton Price on: August 22, Home Contact Us. Victorian Era Automata Toys Automata toys were usually made of wood and had moving parts powered by a hand crank.
Marbles Marbles are still played with today but are starting to fade away a little. Tea set As with all children from the olden days up to now there is a great desire to emulate their parents. Kaleidoscope Pictured to the left is a Victorian Age Kaleidoscope.
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