Game counter
Category
Household and miscellaneous
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, cardboard, plastic, shell and seed
Measurements
89mm (length), 71mm (width), 50mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657434
Summary
A rectangular wooden box with a sliding lid, containing two plastic counters (one red, one green), two cowrie shells, fifty sunflower seeds, four pieces of white card each with a letter printed in black (A, G, H and L), and a piece of red shiny card backed with white paper on which 'about 1840' is typed. The box, in light-coloured light wood, is slightly dirty and slightly split at one corner. There is an indentation in the lid for ease of sliding open. Total number of items is 61.