Cardboard box
Denys Fisher Toys Limited
Category
Ephemera
Date
1971
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
325 x 545 x 50 mm
Place of origin
Yorkshire
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672519.1
Summary
The original cardboard box packaging for a Haunted House board game by Denys Fisher. The lid of the box has a colour picture of four young children (2 boys and 2 girls) playing the game with the three witches characters from the game (Ghoulish Gerty, Glenda The Good and Wanda The Wicked) behind them with their names printed next to them in white letters. On the left hand side of the lid there are four images of features of the game and there is a Denys Fisher logo in the top left corner. Next to the logo is a torn white label with illegible writing that has been scribbled over in pen on it. To the right of the label ‘£1’ is written and also scribbled out and ‘50p’ is also written, both in pen. Inside the box lid there are printed instructions and diagrams on how to build the Haunted House structure and next to these are printed the rules for playing the game. There are Denys Fisher logos on all sides of the box lid.
Provenance
Originally manufactured by Denys Fisher Toys Ltd in 1971. Purchased by the National Trust Museum of Childhood via ebay on 18th October 2019 as part of the Collecting Cultures 'Exploring Childhoods' project.
Marks and inscriptions
Top left of box lid: Torn white label with illegible writing that has been scribbled over in pen on it Top left of box lid next to torn label: ‘£1’ is written andscribbled out and ‘50p’ is also written
Makers and roles
Denys Fisher Toys Limited , manufacturer