Parlour game
Banda
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1930 - 1939
Materials
Cardboard, paper, composition material and plastic
Measurements
Box - 239 mm (length); 114 mm (width); 51 mm (height), Each bowl (min) - 40 mm (diameter), Each bowl (max) - 50 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666944
Summary
A carpet bowls set contained in a rectangular cardboard box covered in brown-black decorated paper. On the lid, in the left-hand corner, is inscribed 'Banda, Carpet Bowls'. On the inside of the lid is a yellow paper label with the name of the product printed in black ink. The box is divided into four compartments, containing two bowls each. A white bowl is on its own in the centre. The other eight bowls are black, two have a yellow spot on the top, two have a red spot on the top, two have a white spot on the top, and two have a green-blue spot on the top. Underneath each bowl, except the white one, is inscribed 'Banda, Bias, B'ham'. Total number of items is 10.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr L. Douglas Brown in October 1985.
Marks and inscriptions
On a paper label inside the lid: 'BRITISH 'BANDA' MADE / CARPET BOWLS / REGISTERED No. 796249 / A FASCINATING AND INTERESTING GAME OF SKILL / THESE MINATURE BOWLS ARE PERFECTLY MADE AND / TRUE TO FORM AND HAVE CORRECT BIAS / AS IN FULL SIZED BOWLS'.
Makers and roles
Banda , maker