Accession number
PML 88475
Published
Paris, [ca. 1785]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
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.
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.
Description
1 game : col., ivory and wood ; box: 23.5 x 18.2 x 5.5 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's cardboard box covered with cerise decorative paper, with inserted tray and pink linen ties.
Classification
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Department