Board game
Morton Productions Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
Unfolded - 655 mm (length); 490 mm (height), Folded - 325 mm (length)
Place of origin
Northampton
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 667985
Summary
A board game consisting of the board only. The board consists of a map of Britain and Europe, with yellow land and blue sea. The top of North Africa and Asia are in white. Various towns and cities are marked with lines connecting them to all of the others. In the bottom right corner is a compass surrounded by a circle of flags. The game is manufactured by Morton Productions Ltd. The reverse of the board is decorated twice, with their logo, with consists of a block cross with the initials 'm p'. 'A Morton Productions Game' is printed in the centre.
Marks and inscriptions
On the front of board on North Africa: 'Made in England by / MORTON PRODUCTIONS LTD. / Northampton and Birmingham'
Makers and roles
Morton Productions Ltd, maker