Game counter
J. W. Spear & Sons Limited
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and wood
Measurements
Shaker - 55 mm (height), Each counter (min) - 17 mm (height); 15 mm (diameter), Each counter (max) - 17 mm (height); 20 mm (diameter)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666038
Summary
35 playing counters of different materials, colours and sizes. There are six white ones; six light green cardboard ones; six red ones; one large red one; three yellow ones; a pair of turned counters, one red and one blue; six turned wooden counters, two blue, one white, one red, one yellow and one green; four turned wooden counters, one white, one red, one black and one green; and a red cardboard shaker. Total number of items is 35.
Marks and inscriptions
On the top of the red, white, black and green wooden counters: 'SPEAR'
Makers and roles
J. W. Spear & Sons Limited, maker