Card game
The Chad Valley Co. Ltd.
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1926
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
Each card - 60 mm (width); 86 mm (height), Box - 67 mm (width); 90 mm (height); 15 mm (depth)
Place of origin
Harborne
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669589
Summary
A card game entitled 'Mustering Of The Mustard Club' housed within a two piece yellow cardboard box (1926). Pasted onto the front is a piece of paper depicting the title, manufacturing information and a colour illustration of a suited man, wearing a monocle, holding a gong (Baron De Beef). The game seems similar to Happy Families and consists of thirty cards divided into six families; (five cards each) De Beef, Bacon, Cheddar, Gester, Spaghetti, and Mutton. In addition to each family member is a card with a picture of a mustard pot. The reverse of each card has a red background with a mustard pot in white with the initials 'MMC'. Total number of items is 32.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs P. Andrews in January 1988.
Marks and inscriptions
On the paper label on the box: 'COPYRIGHT DESIGNS/ PRINTED [AMPERSAND] PUBLISHED BY PERMISSION/ SOLELY BY/ THE CHAD VALLEY CO LTD HARBORNE ENGLAND' On the paper label on the box, written sideways: 'Budepest'
Makers and roles
The Chad Valley Co. Ltd., printer and publisher