Untitled
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1851 - 1899
Materials
Wood and brass
Measurements
Score board - 246mm (length), 71mm (width), 12mm (depth), Loose peg - 31 mm (height)
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657946
Summary
A late 19th century wooden rectangular cribbage score board decorated with marquetry.There are twelve rectangles each containing ten holes. A turned wooden score peg is inserted into these holes to indicate a player's score. At each end of the wooden score board is a brass plate which swivels. When swivelled into a vertical position each brass plate reveals two holes, each containing either a red or a white turned score peg. Two pegs do not come out, a fifth, additional, peg is loose. The upper surface of the score board is convex. The score board rests on four rounded brass feet. Total number of items is 4.