Accession number
PML 88494.1-2
Creator
Anderson, Mrs.
Published
London : Published and Sold Wholesale by John Jaques & Son, 102 Hatton Garden, London, and to be had at all the principal Fancy Repositories, [ca. 1870]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Title from lid of box.
Title and designer's name on booklet.
Set of historical lotto game subtitled "Events in the Lives of Monarchs from William I to William IV" (V&A collections cat.) Consists of 35 large green printed cards (10 x 16.3 cm) each with the name of a monarch, and 14 dates or numbers associated with their reign ; 527 small pink paper counters in a brown silk draw-string bag, 478 of which bear dates or numbers, 49 are blank ; 36 red, and 133 white disc-shaped bone counters in a decorated paper box ; a small rectangular mahogany tray to hold the bone counters ; and a folding mahogany board with a hinged leg at one end by which the board may be tilted to form a chute down the grooves of which a marble ball may descend to ring a bell suspended from a metal stand at the bottom. This is a timing device for the players.
Accompanied by a folded sheet of rules with publisher's advertisements on back cover (PML 88494.2)
Title and designer's name on booklet.
Set of historical lotto game subtitled "Events in the Lives of Monarchs from William I to William IV" (V&A collections cat.) Consists of 35 large green printed cards (10 x 16.3 cm) each with the name of a monarch, and 14 dates or numbers associated with their reign ; 527 small pink paper counters in a brown silk draw-string bag, 478 of which bear dates or numbers, 49 are blank ; 36 red, and 133 white disc-shaped bone counters in a decorated paper box ; a small rectangular mahogany tray to hold the bone counters ; and a folding mahogany board with a hinged leg at one end by which the board may be tilted to form a chute down the grooves of which a marble ball may descend to ring a bell suspended from a metal stand at the bottom. This is a timing device for the players.
Accompanied by a folded sheet of rules with publisher's advertisements on back cover (PML 88494.2)
Description
1 game ; 11.5 x 20 x 14.1 cm (box) + 1 booklet
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's mahogany box divided into 3 compartments with a sliding lid bearing a green title label, printed in black.
Classification
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Department