[Toy] Plush Oil Drop, CUDEL, 240mm

Textile

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Canadian Energy Museum

Name/Title

[Toy] Plush Oil Drop, "CUDEL", 240mm

Entry/Object ID

2023.17.2

Tags

Textile, Toy, Oil, Oil Industry, Yellow, Black

Description

A small plush toy in the shape of an oil drip with arms and legs. Features: This plush toy is made with medium length fun fabric, in black and cream-yellow, white felt, and plastic. The body is a drop-shape with a tapered top. This and the feet are in black fur. The arms and legs are in a cream-yellow fur. The eyes are slightly convex white plastic buttons with black printed irises/pupils. The eyebrows are two small semicircle felt shapes above the eyes. The mouth is a semicircular line in a smile shape, centred below the eyes at the same distance as the eyebrows. Adhered to the back is a white patch with an embroidered border, and reading "CUDEL" printed in black stylised block text. No manufacturer or other information can be found on this item. The patch reading "CUDEL" may be connected to a brand, but that has not be confirmed.

Collection

Dan Claypool Collection

Cataloged By

Danielle P. Lane

Category

Toys
Miscellaneous Objects

Acquisition

Accession

2023.17

Source or Donor

Dan Claypool

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Toy, Stuffed

Nomenclature Class

Toys

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Height

175 mm

Width

165 mm

Depth

100 mm

Length

240 mm

Dimension Notes

Length is laid-out measurement; height is the seated measurement.

Materials

Material

Fabric, Plastic, Polyester

Material Notes

Fluffy/furry fabric of unknown synthetic material. Felt for eyebrows and mouth. Patch of unknown material.

Color

Cream, Yellow, Black, White

Condition

Reason for Exam

At Acquisition

Overall Condition

Fair

Condition Detail

Adhesive Residue, Wear

Date Examined

Jul 5, 2023

Examined By

Danielle P. Lane

Surface

Adhesive residue above the left eyebrow, and below (left) the mouth.

Materials

Fur of fabric is lightly-moderately matted from handling.

Created By

Danielle P. Lane

Create Date

July 5, 2023

Updated By

Danielle P. Lane

Update Date

July 5, 2023