Croquet set
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal and rope
Measurements
Box – 963 mm (length); 353 mm (width); 156 mm (height), Mallets –90 mm (min. length); 330 mm (max. length), Hoops –338 mm (height), Pegs –725 mm (height), Balls - 85 mm (diameter), Markers -40 mm (diameter)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664046
Summary
A large unpainted wooden box with separate lid, containing a croquet set. This comprises six large wooden mallets two small wooden mallets eight wooden balls five metal markers, various colours two wooden pegs, one with top broken off ten metal hoops. The box has a rope handle at each end. Total number of items is 35.