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Children's arithmetic and counting set, boxed (bead counters, number/operator tiles, and stencil-ruler)
Object/Artifact
A boxed numeracy-teaching kit in a shallow cream/tan tray. Components: (a) two horizontal bead-counting rails set in a white plastic base — an upper row of green beads and a lower row of orange beads (approximately ten per row); (b) loose white square tiles bearing molded, color-filled characters — numerals in dark red (0, 6, 9; the 6/9 tiles reversible) and operator symbols in blue/teal (right-pointing arrow "→", equals "=", multiplication dot "·", multiplication sign "×"); and (c) a translucent amber plastic stencil-ruler with an embossed centimeter scale (1–14), die-cut numerals 0–9, and a lower row of die-cut arithmetic symbols. Used together to teach counting and to build simple arithmetic statements.
2025.11.8
2025.11
Purchase
Poland
Eastern Europe
Europe
Maker: Unidentified. Date: No date present.
On the stencil-ruler (all embossed/molded): "MADE IN POLAND"; "WZÓR PRAWNIE ZASTRZ." — abbreviation of Polish wzór prawnie zastrzeżony, "design legally protected / registered design"; diamond trademark with lettering ("BO / CI"), flanked by arrows; centimeter scale 1–14; die-cut numerals 0–9 and arithmetic symbols. On the tiles: molded numerals (red) 0/6/9; molded operators (blue) "→", "=", "·", "×".
Materials: Translucent amber plastic (stencil-ruler; specific polymer unconfirmed — likely polystyrene or cellulose acetate); white and colored plastic (tiles, beads, bead base); cream/tan tray frame (wood or molded plastic — undetermined). Technique: Injection-molded plastic components; numerals and symbols formed as molded cut-outs (ruler) and molded, color-filled characters (tiles); beads threaded on fixed rails; embossed lettering and scale.
Fair
Havana
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
use
Poland
Eastern Europe
Europe
production