Card game
Thomas De La Rue and Co. Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1890
Materials
Card and paper
Measurements
Box - 63 mm (width); 93 mm (height), Each card - 62 mm (width); 90 mm (height)
Place of origin
Bushill Row, 110
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 657997
Summary
A game of nursery rhyme Snap, in a maroon coloured two section box with each card illustrating a character from various nursery rhymes in colour (circa 1890). The title of each rhyme is printed in black ink on each card. On the cover of the box is a picture card title of Little Jack Horner, dressed in green and eating a yellow pie with a knife and fork. Top right hand corner 'Copyright, Ent. Sta, Hall'. Beneath picture 'An Amusing Round Game'. Total number of items is 53.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr John Barnes in April 1981.
Makers and roles
Thomas De La Rue and Co. Ltd , maker