Geometrical Surfaces and Solids

Toy, Educational

Accession Number: 2006.60.5

Description: Green wooden box of wooden geometric shapes and wire forms; rectangular box is finger jointed, separate lid rests on interior raised lip; box labeled "8064/Geometrical Surfaces/and Solids/ONE BOX/Milton Bradley Company Springfield, Mass."; 23 wooden solids: cube, flat cube, sphere, half-sphere, flattened sphere, ovoid, egg ovoid, flat circle, squat round cylinder, tall round cylinder, round cylinder with angled sectional cut, triangular cylinder-equilateral, triangular cylinder-isoceles, hexagonal cylinder, octagonal cylinder, rectangular cylinder, three-sided pyramid, four-sided pyramid, cone, truncated cone, cone with angled cut from top, cone with angled cut from bottom, cone with straight cut on side; (3) wire forms: right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle.

Height: 4.375

Width: 6.875

Depth: 8.875

Date Made: ca. 1960

Maker: Milton Bradley Company

Place of Origin: Springfield, MA

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2006.60

Subjects: Geometry Instructional aids, tools, and supplies.

Dimension Notes: overall, box

Material: Wood, steel

Updated: 02/15/2021