Table game
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1800 - circa 1899
Materials
Cardboard, bone, wire, metal and wood
Measurements
Box - 134 mm (length); 68 mm (width); 17 mm (depth), Rod - 58 mm (length), Wire - 70 mm (width), Each counter (min) - 15 mm (diameter), Each counter (max) - 33 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Bavaria
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670748
Summary
A table game (Sweet Wedding Bells) in a lidded cardboard box containing a piece of card folded into four. On each folding section is printed in red, blue or green, a brick and stone wall with a pierced opening to indicate a window. There are also ten large ivory or bone counters. There are six red rectangular counters. There are two counters of an unusual shape. There are four transparent counters. There are fourteen convex counters of which three are red and eleven are cream. There is one deep pink counter. There are four cardboard counters in white, green or blue. There are seven cream ivory or bone counters. There are four yellow, two red, two blue and one purple ivory or bone counters. There is a short wooden rod which is tapered at one end and a shaped piece of wire with a metal cup at one end. Total number of items is 63.
Marks and inscriptions
On the lid of the box: 'SWEET/ WEDDING/ BELLS/ REGISTERED/ TRADE MARK/ GLOBE SERIES OF GAMES/ DESIGNED IN ENGLAND PRODUCED AT THE WORKS IN BAVARIA'