Board game
Fairylite
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic, printed cardboard and paper
Measurements
Box - 121 mm (width); 92 mm (height); 35 mm (depth), Each plastic greyhound - 43 mm (length), Pencil - 95 mm (length), Dice - 10 mm (width); 10 mm (height); 10 mm (depth), Dice shaker - 52 mm (height); 27 mm (diameter), Each counter (min) - 12 mm (diameter), Each counter (max) - 22 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659087
Summary
A small rectangular cardboard box with a paper label pasted onto the lid, containing a greyhound obstacle race game. The label has a colour illustration of a two greyhounds racing. One of them is black, the other white with a brown spot on his head. The title and the manufacturer are also given on the lid. The rest of the box is a dark red. The inside lid of the box gives printed instructions on how to play the game. The box includes four small plastic greyhounds in red, green, light blue and yellow. A tall black plastic dice shaker, tapering at the bottom. A white plastic dice with black spots. A large yellow plastic counter and two small counters, coloured black and blue. Also inside is a blue pencil. Total number of items is 12.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Miss Sarah Hosking in 1983.
Marks and inscriptions
On the box lid: 'Fairylite REGD. INDOOR GAMES / GREYHOUND / OBSTACLE / RACE / MADE IN ENGLAND G.B.LONDON'
Makers and roles
Fairylite , maker