Table game
Chad Valley
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1920 - 1929
Materials
Cardboard, wood, lead, plastic, paper and rubber
Measurements
372 mm (width); 260 mm (width); 77 mm (height)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663477
Summary
A horse race game entitled ‘Escalado’ by Chad Valley with original box (1920-1929). The game comes in a cardboard box, the lid red with 'Escalado' printed in the front in yellow and a picture of a hand turning a handle and five 'race' horses racing across and green base and the slogan 'Turn the Handle and See Them Move!' At the bottom of the front is printed 'The thrilling action race game'. Inside the lid are printed the game instructions. The base of the box is yellow and inside the box is a strip of green linen attached to a red box with a black turning handle protruding. The box also contains clamps and rubber bands for attaching the linen to a table. There is also a plastic tray containing five lead horses and jockeys each painted a different colour out of brown, yellow, white, green and blue. The game appears well used and some paint has chipped off the horses. The box is worn and the corners and edges have split and been sellotaped back together.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr Ian Brown in November 2009.
Makers and roles
Chad Valley, maker