Description ——- Rare and unusual! This is a vintage, wooden, kindergarten/school supply, depth SORTING puzzle toy, likely designed by famous mid 20th century toy maker, Antonio Vitali, for CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS of Princeton, New Jersey. FORM – A long block of wood, with concave sides, evenly drilled with 10 holes of increasing depth, into which 10 little, wooden figures or abstract people – little dowels of graduated heights, will fit, so all will have their shoulders absolutely flush or level, with the top surface of the block. OBJECTIVE – To challenge a child to select a little figure of the correct height to fit the exact depth of each hole. This can be done. Purely Visual inspection (hard even for adults as the differ even in height is very slight), 2. Trial and error, or 3. Logic – by lining up the people from tallest to shortest before fitting them into the block. The toy teaches thoughtfulness, attention to detail, logic, visual discernment. MATERIAL – smooth, solid, maple wood. One figure is a nearly identical replacement, in hardwood. See blue arrow / the figure in my hand. The replacement figure is hard to detect unless you know it is there – it has a bit more grain than the original pieces, and less patina. CREATVITY – The toys form lends itself to imaginative play: it can be a train, a bus, a boat, a classroom of students, a set of weights, etc. Similar to Waldorf toys, Froebel gifts , Naef toys , in conceptual/educational nature, and sculptural form. Toy measures overall 3 tall x 17.5 long x 2.75 deep. Each little person is 1diameter with a 1/2diameter head or ball on top. Heights vary of course. Marked – CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS PRINCETON, NJ (fire branded, somewhat faint at sides of branding) see detail photo. Shown with a large lemon for scale. Weighs about 3.6 pounds, before packing. Please see my other items for more neat things you may like, including more Creative Playthings and other avant garde toys. Please check out my other things. Please follow me on twitter for new listings and updates… We have a photo studio and take all our own product photos for our listings. The item “RARE vtg CREATIVE PLAYTHINGS Avant Garde SORTER toy wood sculpture conceptual” is in sale since Wednesday, September 12, 2018. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Vintage & Antique Toys\Other Vintage & Antique Toys”. The seller is “rokkworks” and is located in Princeton, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica.
- Material: Wood
- Creative Playthings, when they were in: Princeton, New Jersey
- Sold for collectible value: Contains small parts
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Featured Refinements: Creative Playthings
- Toy size, overall: approx 3 tall x 17.5 long x 2.75 deep
- Year: 1960s
- Brand: Creative Playthings
- Non-Domestic Product: No