Title & Author:

Building with iron & stone.

Publication:

[approximately 1910] (Rudolstadt, Thur[ingen] : Keller Brothers)

Description:

1 set of building blocks (101 pieces) : compressed and dyed sandstone ; various sizes in wooden box 23 x 30 x 5 cm

Notes:
A stone building block set with post and lintel structure acting as support system. Set D5 according to label mounted on side of box. Label has title 'Keller's stone blocks', with Keller's "Diamant" trade mark.
Title from printed (chromolithograph) label mounted on recto of lid. Packing diagram for set mounted on verso of lid.
Library copy: accompanied by booklet of building designs for another set, with advertisements for Keller's Diamond Bridge Builder and other Keller items.

Exhibitions:

Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.
Exhibited: "L'architecture en jeux: jeux de construction du CCA = Buildings in boxes: architectural toys from the CCA", Centre canadien d'architecture, Nov. 27, 1990-Mar. 31, 1991.

Summary:

Cover graphic for the set, printed by Leipziger Kunstdruck-und-Verlags-Anstalt, depicts the Brooklyn Bridge, Forth Bridge and other engineering accomplishments. However, only the few stone pieces shown in the foreground of the picture resemble the contents of the box. Nothing akin to the complex structures portrayed can be built with the neo-classical castings in the set. The cover graphic also includes a phoenix with printed inscription "Phönix Marke registered."

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Subject:

F. Ad. Richter & Co.
Keller Brothers.
Blocks (Toys) Germany Specimens.
Toys Germany Specimens.
Cubes (Pièces de jeu) Allemagne Spécimens.
Jouets Allemagne Spécimens.
Blocks (Toys)
Toys.
Germany.
Stone toys

Form/genre:

Specimens.

Added entries:

Keller Brothers.
Keller's stone blocks.
Gebrüder Keller

Holdings:

Location: Library main jouets et jeux 61105
Call No.: TS2301.T7.S7 K44 1910
Status: Available