Table game
Parker Brothers Incorporated
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wood, metal, cardboard and paper
Measurements
Box - 248 mm (length); 132 mm (width); 65 mm (height), Each spade-shaped object - 212 mm (length), Each shaker (min) - 67 mm (height); 24 mm (diameter), Each shaker (max) -67 mm (height); 36 mm (diameter), Each ball - 11 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Salem
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670723
Summary
A red paper covered cardboard box with a removable lid. Printed in black ink on the lid is 'Pop-In-Taw, Exciting Fun For Everyone, Society's New Game, Patented Parker Brothers Incorporated, Salem, Mass. New York And London'. The box is subdivided into three compartments. Inside are four spade-shaped wooden objects, one yellow, one red, one blue and one green. There are four turned hollow shakers which taper upwards, in the same colours. There are also twenty silver coloured metal balls. Total number of items is 30.
Makers and roles
Parker Brothers Incorporated, maker