Skittle
The Chad Valley Games
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood and cardboard
Measurements
Box - 294 mm (length); 127 mm (width); 30 mm (height), Skittle - 121 mm (height), Circular Wood - 33 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Harborne
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 664602
Summary
A rectangular cardboard box containing wooden skittles. The box has a colour illustration of nine skittles in various colours six circular blocks with holes in the centre in various colours. The word 'SKITTLES' is printed between the skittles in red with black edging. The manufacturer's name and address is in the top left and right corners. The sides of the box are blue, with illustrations of the contents on two sides and 'SKITTLES' printed in white ink on the others. The underside of the box has a red edging. The box contains nine wooden skittles with a hollow centre and a cut out line across the base. The skittles are painted and consist of two yellow, three green, two blue and two red. The box also contains five wooden circular blocks with holes through the centre. These are painted red, green, blue, yellow and black. Total number of items is 16.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr J Gregory in 1981.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of box: A Wha[orrh]y
Makers and roles
The Chad Valley Games, maker