Table game
John Jaques & Son Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1950
Materials
Cardboard, wood, leather, netting, fabric, paper and metal
Measurements
467 mm (width); 85 mm (height); 183 mm (depth)
Place of origin
United States
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 663619
Summary
A cardboard box containing a set of equipment for table tennis (1950). This comprises a green mesh fabric net with white fabric edging, attached to wooden posts with metal clamps to attach to the table top and a pair of 'battledore' type ping pong bats with dark red wooden handles, dark red leather edges, decorated with a gold floral pattern and the words 'PING PONG' printed in gold on each side, and two layers of cream / beige leather with a hollow gap in between making up the surface of the bat. One bat has a large tear in one side of the leather bat surface. The cardboard box is original, coloured red, although substantially faded and marked now, and with tears in the back two corners. On the lid is a fairy scene, coloured in various shades of green, and surrounded by a red border. In the top left corner is printed 'The new Table GAME', in the centre is 'PING PONG', and in the bottom right corner is 'or GOSSIMA', all printed in red. In the top right corner, printed on a white scroll are the words 'Causing immense excitement and healthy exercise and is the nearest approach that can be to the Game of Lawn Tennis as played out of doors', printed in green. Inside the lid is a white label entitled 'CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC'.
Makers and roles
John Jaques & Son Ltd, maker