Card game box
Castell Brothers Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1940 - circa 1950
Materials
Card and paper
Measurements
25 mm (height); 65 mm (width); 97 mm (length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671200.2.1
Summary
The box for a Peter Pan card game dating from the 1940's. The box is made up of two parts, the base and the lid. It is made of card and covered in pale pink shiny, textured paper. On the front is an image printed in red of Peter Pan playing a flute/pipe while standing on a rock with clouds behind him. Underneath are the words 'Peter Pan Card Game' The card game is part of the Pepys Series published by Castell Brothers Ltd, London and Glasgow, Great Britain with permission from the original publishers of the Peter Pan card game Messrs. H. P. Gibson & Sons Ltd.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mrs Tyler in August 2010.
Marks and inscriptions
On the front of the box: '[an image of Peter Pan playing a flute/pipe while standing on a rock with clouds behind him is positioned at the top] / PETER PAN [pink writing on a red background] / CARD / GAME / pepys / series' On the two long sides of the box: 'PETER PAN'
Makers and roles
Castell Brothers Ltd, engraver and publisher