Card game
Thomas de la Rue
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Place of origin
Bunhill Row
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 20640
Summary
Dark green box for a pack of cards, with single owl card stuck to exterior surface. The card reads; ANIMAL GRAB / AN INTERESTING AND AMUSING ROUND GAME / CONTAINS FIFTY-TWO CARDS.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Marks and inscriptions
ANIMAL GRAB / AN INTERESTING AND AMUSING ROUND GAME / CONTAING FIFTY-TWO CARDS. / THOS. DE LA RUE andCO., 110, BUNHILL ROW, LONDON.
Makers and roles
Thomas de la Rue, manufacturer