Card game
Castell Brothers Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1938
Materials
Cardboard and Paper
Measurements
Each card - 58 mm (width); 88 mm (height), Box - 61 mm (width); 92 mm (height); 18 mm (depth)
Place of origin
North Wallace Street, 107
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669590
Summary
A card game entitled 'Speed', part of the Pepys Series (1938). It is housed within a blue cardboard box, with the title and manufacturing information printed in white. The box is open at the top and torn at the sides. The game has forty-five illustrated cards consisting of the following: nine aeroplane cards; nine train cards; eight ship cards; eight motor cards; six horse cards; four lightning cards; and one Extra turn card. Each card has a number printed on it. The reverse of each card has a blue background. The box also contains the printed instructions in how to play within an eight page stapled blue paper booklet. Total number of items is 47.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs P. Andrews in January 1988.
Makers and roles
Castell Brothers Ltd, engraver and publisher