Puzzle
MacFarlane, Lang and Co Ltd...
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
paper
Measurements
89 x 64 x 4 mm
Place of origin
Glasgow
Order this imageCollection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 745990
Caption
A small green envelope containing a set of 12 cards with a picture of a different named biscuit on one side and a letter of the alphabet on the reverse. A tiny leaflet explains the rules. By collecting the cards up in a certain order, the player then spells out the name of a biscuit whilst laying the cards out one at a time, and - like magic - the next card shows a picture of that very biscuit! Assumed to be an advertising gimmick for the biscuit company famous for its Water Biscuits, possibly given away as a free gift.
Summary
Small green envelope 'Spellit food biscuit puzzle, 'Spellit food biscuit puzzle, Macfarlane, Lang and Co. Ltd. London and Glasgow' with ink jottings of numbers on reverse. containing list of rules, and twelve cards with a type of biscuit on front and a letter on reverse. envelope dirty.
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Marks and inscriptions
Spellit food biscuit puzzle, Macfarlane, Lang and Co. Ltd. London and Glasgow
Makers and roles
MacFarlane, Lang and Co Ltd..., photographer