Do you think this next piece looks like a puppet theatre? Well you’re right. It opens up to become a church interior, complete with miniature liturgical furniture and figures. By using different configurations of its various figures and attributes, the seven sacraments can be ‘acted out’: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. This toy set was not just an accessible way of illustrating the course of the Mass, the various liturgical customs and the Seven Sacraments, it was also a toy devout parents were only too happy to see their children playing with. They could also buy them miniature altars, complete with all the furnishings. Such play sets were designed to help future altar boys to learn the tricks of the trade.