Table game
Waddy Productions, Amalgamated Press Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and wood
Measurements
167 mm (length of box); 78 mm (length of matchbox); 84 mm (width of box); 62 mm (width of matchbox); 37 mm (depth of box); 22 mm (depth of matcbox)
Place of origin
Aldwych
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660298
Summary
A game of Stak-a-Stik in its original box. The oblong cardboard box base is covered in cream paper, with the lid having a brown and cream mottled covering. A circular brown label with gold outline pattern is stuck to the centre of the lid. On this is embossed in gold 'Stak-a-Stik/ Waddy/ PRODUCTION' with an emblem above. Within this box is a cardboard divider forming two compartments with a central space Two cream coloured matchboxes fit into these compartments. They have a diamond shaped cutout in the lid and each contains 206 purple wooden 'stiks'. There are also 88 stiks in the central space. There is also a cardboard cylinder in black with a raised small square patterning. There is a 20 page booklet in cream paper printed in brown giving detailed instructions on how to play 10 different games. Total number of items is five hundred and nine
Makers and roles
Waddy Productions, Amalgamated Press Ltd, maker