Title and date penciled on the inside lid of box beside stationer's engraved label.
Game of Dauphin lotto invented by Louis XIV.
Containing 94 [of 96] circles, 125 [of 127] pins, 13 soldiers, 12 sailors, 7 dolphins, 18 ships, and 12 women on towers with telescopes. [JPW? penciled list inside the lid] All are in painted ivory and wood. The upper tray is used as the board with rows of holes along the left short side and in the lower right hand corner, to hold the pins and figures.
"Au Singe Verd, Rue des Arcis proche St. Mery. Vaugeois, Marchand; Fait et vend toutes sortes de Tabatieres d'Ecaille et de Carton; Trictrac Cadrille Navettes Pomes de Cannes et plusieurs autres Bijoux en or, tous se qui est relatif aux Ouvrages des Dames et toutes sortes de Jeux"--Stationer's engraved label inside lid.
Not the Gumuchian 6250, which has a similar title.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Lotto Dauphin [game].
Accession number:
PML 88475
Published:
Paris, [ca. 1785]
Description:
1 game : col., ivory and wood ; box: 23.5 x 18.2 x 5.5 cm
Credit:
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes:
Binding:
Publisher's cardboard box covered with cerise decorative paper, with inserted tray and pink linen ties.
Provenance:
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
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