Spillikins
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Pine and ivory
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609921
Summary
The game of 'Spillikins', consisting of thirty-two ivory pieces carved in shapes and marked in red with roman numerals, with scores from five to forty-five. In original pine box with sliding lid. Possibly made in China in the 19th century.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
1/22 £1 (?) (written in ink on base to box)