Disney Dancing clockwork toy

Object/Artifact

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Waterperry Museum

Name/Title

Disney Dancing clockwork toy

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.71

Description

Disney clockwork Dancing toy - Fairy Godmother

Context

The Disney dancing clockwork doll is a vintage toy manufactured by Wells Brimtoy in the 1950s. It's a small, molded plastic toy where the clockwork mechanism is hidden within the Fairy Godmothers dress. When wound up, the mechanism causes the dolls to move along, seemingly dancing by turning from side to side. These toys were popular in the 1950s.

Category

Children

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source or Donor

Gordon Dempster

Acquisition Method

Transfer

Location

* Untyped Location

C1S2