Game counter
J. W. Spear & Sons Limited
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card and glass, metal
Measurements
Box - 72 mm (length); 43 mm (width); 26 mm (height), Each counter - 18 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Bavaria
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 661089
Summary
This is a two part box with metal staples holding the corners together. The lid of the box is pink with black printing to simulate a bound chest. A label is printed on the box and reads 'Glass Counters'. Inside the box are eighteen clear glass counters, seventeen the same size and one slightly smaller. One other counter is shattered and in 6 pieces (not on view). Total number of items is 26.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Joy Eccles in May 1990.
Makers and roles
J. W. Spear & Sons Limited, maker