Spillikin
John Jaques & Son Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, paint, bone, cardboard
Measurements
98 mm (length of spellicans); 120 mm (length of box); 48 mm (width of box); 24 mm (depth of box)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 659959
Summary
A small rectangular cardboard box containing 24 spellicans. The box is covered in cream paper with mock snakeskin papering. The underside of the base has a label with 'Midland Education Co LYD/ Corporation/ Birmingham' stamped in purple and '2 - net' in pencil. Inside the lid also in pencil is '49'. The lid also in cream mock snakeskin has a half circle cut in the centre of both long sides. The top is outlined in blue, then 'London' embossed in gold. There are 24 assorted narrow wooden Spellicans and a bone 'lifter'. The Spellicans each have a roman number on them in ink. Total number of items is twenty seven
Makers and roles
John Jaques & Son Ltd, maker