Card game
John Jaques & Son Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Printed cardboard and paper
Measurements
Box - 69mm width; 90mm height: Cards - 63mm width; 90mm height
Place of origin
Hatton Garden, 102
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660337
Summary
A game of Happy Families with coloured printed cards of the various families. Mr Bung, the Brewer etc. The green coloured reverse side of the cards have white roundels with white figures inside. They are housed in the original box which has two parts. The lid has a picture of Master Pots with ' A new and most diverting game for juveniles' underneath. On the reverse of the box is a list of games available from John Jaques. The game cost one shilling. An instruction leaflet is included, on the reverse of which is an adverisement for 'Mark Over' another game. Total number of items is forty seven
Marks and inscriptions
Front of box: Happy Families/ A NEW AND MOST/ Diverting Game for Juveniles/ Fory-four Grotesque Characters/ Beautifully Coloured/ JOHN JAQUES & SON. Ltd./ 102, Hatton Garden, London.
Makers and roles
John Jaques & Son Ltd, maker