Table game
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1900 - circa 1930
Materials
Metal, paper and cardboard
Measurements
Dish - 64 mm (diameter), Roulette wheel - 50 mm (diameter), Each ball - 7 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670743
Summary
A table game entitled 'Pocket Roulette The New Fascinating Game, possibly early 20th century. Consisting of a red metal dish with a pin in the centre; a metal Roulette wheel with a hollow knob in the centre which slips onto the pin in the centre of the dish. The wheel is divided into fourteen red and black segments each with a number and a shallow circular depression. There are two tiny white balls. When the wheel is spun by its knob the balls spin and eventually come to rest in one of the numbered depressions. The original black cardboard box has a printed paper label on the lid which reads as follows 'Pocket Roulette The new fascinating Game'. Total number of items is 6.
Marks and inscriptions
On the underside of the dish: 'MADE IN GERMANY'