The Great Game of Pit
Parker Bros.
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
90 x 64 mm; 100 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Paternoster Row
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 886409
Summary
Card game - Red cardboard box entitled The Great Game of Pit, containing two packs each of sixty four cards with red and white backs, each pack with different design, and each card showing name of an agricultural crop, a number and Victorian trader (at Corn Exchange?).
Provenance
Found in the attics by Paul Holden, September 2003
Marks and inscriptions
(on box) THE GREAT GAME/PIT/Printed and Copyrighted in GreatBritain and USA/Exciting Fun for Everyone/PARKER BROTHERS/INCORPORATED/11 Lovett's Court. LONDON Paternoster Row.
Makers and roles
Parker Bros.