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J. W. Spear & Sons Limited
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1940 - circa 1959
Materials
Cardboard, paper, metal, plastic and wood
Measurements
Box - 261 mm (length); 132 mm (width); 40 mm (height), Box lid - 135 mm (width), Each piece (min) - 116 mm (length), Each piece (max) - 265 mm (length)
Place of origin
Bavaria
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670721
Summary
A game of blow football (circa 1940s or 1950s) consisting of four metal blow pipes, an orange and brown blow football, and two cardboard goalposts incorporating cardboard goal keepers. The goalposts are supported on wooden stands. There are also six coloured cardboard tubes. The box lid is decorated with pictures of boys and girls playing blow football. Printed on the box lid is 'Spear's, Jolly Game Of Blow Football, Registered Great Britain Manufactured At The Spear Works Bavaria Designed In England Copyright'. Total number of items is 15.
Marks and inscriptions
On each metal blow pipe: 'McCORQUODALE'
Makers and roles
J. W. Spear & Sons Limited, maker