Untitled
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, paper, wood and bone or ivory
Measurements
Each piece (min) - 6 mm (length), Each piece (max) - 387 mm (length)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666429
Summary
A board game set of Royal Ludo comprising the following: a royal ludo board with printed crowns and royal insignia, which folds in half lengthways; and a small cardboard box covered in maroon paper. A label on the lid is printed with the words 'Ludo, Royal Ludo'. The box contains a turned wooden shaker; two tiny dice, the smaller of which has two crowns instead of the numbers 3 and 6; four blue counters; four pale green counters; three yellow counters; five red counters and a set of instructions. Total number of items is 23.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Muriel C. Currie MBE in July 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
On the outer surface of the folding ludo board: 'LUDO/ ROYAL LUDO' On the paper sheet of rules: 'RULES FOR THE GAME OF 'ROYAL LUDO.' '