Card game
John Jaques & Son Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1930
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
Box - 99 mm (length); 79 mm (width); 27 mm (height), Each card - 66 mm (width); 87 mm (length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670234
Summary
A card game in its original two-part box which is covered in brown paper (circa 1930). On the front of the box is a label with a fancy border. At the top of the label is a black oval with 'The Counties Of England' printed in white. Beneath this is printed 'A Geographical Game, 4th Series, Jaques and Sons Ltd, London'. Inside the box are forty eight cards with pictures of the principal towns of some of the counties of England. The backs of the cards have a simple blue and white all over design. Total number of items is 50.
Makers and roles
John Jaques & Son Ltd, engraver and publisher