H. & G. Edwards, of 84, High Street, Camden Town, were purveyors and manufacturers of school, college, and lecture hall furniture, fittings and apparatus, active during the 1880s. The present set was one of 11 items exhibited by Edwards at the 1884 International Health Exhibition, in the Educational Division, held at South Kensington. See: The Health Exhibition literature. London: William Clowes, 1884. Vol. 17, page 68 (entry no. 1386).
Contents:
The wooden box is internally divided into sections, each with mounted printed labels. It contains: six large folded sheets for lessons 1-6 -- a folding color chart sheet, "Lessons on colour," with 20 mounted color samples -- a thick instructional card, "Exercises in Form and Colour" -- cards bearing the forms of capital letters (52 cards, 2 each) -- cards bearing the forms of lower cases letters (64 cards) -- cards bearing Arabic numerals (20 cards, 2 each for 0-9) -- cards bearing Roman numerals (20 cards, 2 each for I-X) -- cards bearing different shades of color (40 cards, 2 of each shade) -- 42 shaped wooden forms.
Subject Terms:
H. & G. Edwards (London, England) | Education -- Great Britain. | Alphabet -- Study and teaching. | Colors -- Study and teaching. | Counting -- Study and teaching. | Shapes -- Study and teaching.