Marble
John Adams Toys Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Plastic, glass and paper
Measurements
Box - 93 mm (length); 71 mm (width), Each marble - 16 mm (diameter), Each counter (min) - 14 mm (diameter), Each counter (max) - 22 mm (diameter), Leaflet - 61 mm (width); 88 mm (height), Cardboard - 133 mm (length); 88 mm (width)
Place of origin
Crazies Hill, Wargrave
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666908
Summary
Half of a slim black plastic box containing nine glass marbles and seven counters (five black, two yellow). There is also an orange piece of folded cardboard on which is printed 'John Adams, Tous, Made in England, Marbles, 20 marbles plus a booklet of old fashioned marble games'. There is also an orange printed leaflet entitled 'Marbles games to play with them', providing the rules for playing different games with marbles. Total number of items is 19.
Makers and roles
John Adams Toys Ltd, maker