Bagatelle
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic and metal
Measurements
162 mm (length); 107 mm (width)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657927
Summary
A board game called 'Klikatelle' consisting of a dark maroon plastic tray with a transparent plastic cover, nailed in place. The tray contains an arch shape inside which are shaped 'walls' each containing a number either 25, 75, 100, 200 or 1000. Two shaped 'walls' contain a '?'. Along the right hand side of the arch is a groove, inside which is a piece of shaped metal. When the latter is pulled towards you and released it would presumably propel a small ball around the arch which would settle inside one of the numbered shaped 'walls'. The ball is missing. Moulded into the underside of the tray is 'Prov. Patent // 29395/33// Made In England'.