Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Vintage British

A Collection of Vintage British and European Toys and Games including Chad Valley and J.W. Spear and Sons - An assortment of mid-20th-century toys and games. The collection includes a lithographed tin toy drum by Chad Valley Co. Ltd., featuring a continuous scene of British guardsmen in full dress uniform and a yellow heraldic lion crest, with red and white diagonal striped rims and a red fabric tassel. Also included is a boxed Spearoscope optical creative toy by J.W. Spear and Sons, containing multicoloured pattern discs and a red plastic frame with internal mirrors. Other items comprise a boxed Bezique card game set in a green textured box with gilt-embossed lid; a Pocket Chess and Checkers set (No. 747, made in Hong Kong); a cardboard tube of traditional metal Jacks with two red rubber balls; a Yugo Pocket Solitaire set with blue plastic pegs; and various playing cards including a Piatnik Famous Cities Happy Families set and a Sum-It card game. Materials include lithographed tin, plastic, cardboard, and metal. Drum height: approximately 24 cm.