Board game
William Spooner
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1 Nov 1848
Materials
Cardboard, paper, linen and wood
Measurements
Wallet - 161 mm (width); 207 mm (height), Box - 73 mm (length); 58 mm (width); 55 mm (height)
Place of origin
Strand, 379
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 665795
Summary
An original game entitled 'The Cottage of Content, or Right Roads and Wrong Ways'. It comprises a cardboard wallet covered in grey fabric with the title of the game printed on a paper label on the exterior of the wallet. When the wallet is opened one can unfold the colour printed board game glued to a linen backing. Pink roads with grey-blue roundabouts criss-cross the board. The road names are printed in black ink. In between the roads are humorous scenes with characters. A printed set of rules is glued to the inside cover of the wallet. The two halves of the wallet can be secured with two green tape ties. There is also a small rectangular wooden box with a slide off lid, on which is glued a green paper label which reads, 'The Cottage of Content; A Game.' Total number of items is 3.
Marks and inscriptions
At the bottom of the unfolded board: 'LONDON, PUBLISHED BY A HUMOUROUS GAME WM. SPOONER 379, STRAND, NOVR. 1ST. 1848.'
Makers and roles
William Spooner, publisher