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User keywords, or 'tags', are words added to object records by other users to enhance their discovery. You can add keywords that may be useful in helping others find this object.

We are experimenting with tagging because sometimes museums describe objects in language that is highly specialist and user added keywords are useful in bridging the 'semantic gap' between the language of the museum and that of the user.

Any keywords listed have been added by other users like yourself. You can click on them to use them as search terms to dicover other objects. User tags
Related subjects lists the broad themes that have relevance to the object you are viewing. You can click these themes to see other objects related thematically. Related Subjects
+ Clowns
+ Circuses
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Here you can find links to other objects in our collection that belong to the same formal classification categories as the object you are viewing. Similar objects
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Toys > Tin toys

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By clicking on a tag you can find all other collection records related to that person, place or company.

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Collection of tin toys, 1920 - 1965
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Object statement
Toys, circus novelties (33), tinplate/ceramic/plastic, various makers, Germany/England/Japan/Hong Kong, 1920-1965
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
see parts for specific dates
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
Collection of Ken Finlayson sold to MAAS

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Description
Toys, circus novelties (33), tinplate/ceramic/plastic, various makers, Germany/England/Japan/Hong Kong, 1920-1965.

Circus related toys including clowns, circus vehicles, novelty toys, elephants and acrobats and their original boxes.

Made: Japan; 1920 - 1965

Made: Hong Kong; 1920 - 1965

Made: Germany; 1920 - 1965

Made: England; 1920 - 1965


Owned: Finlayson, Ken;
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
85/2576
Production date
1920 - 1965

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Acquisition credit line
Purchased 1985
Subjects
+ Clowns
+ Circuses
Short persistent URL
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/42294 |title=Collection of tin toys |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=19 June 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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