Game box
G. Delgado Ltd.
Category
Toys
Date
1920 - 1929
Materials
Card
Measurements
18 x 163 x 110 mm
Place of origin
London
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937083.11
Summary
Shallow, rectangular, grey, cardboard box with white label and black text. Label stamped 'A. EASY'. Contains a 'Puzzling Pastimes' game, 'Mixed Games', no. 98, 'a clever and interesting game for afternoon and evening parties' from 'The "Union Jack" series' produced by G. Delgado Ltd., London consisting of eight cards, each with thirty six identical word puzzles (non used), a sheet advertising the 'Union Jack' series of crossword puzzles and a sheet of answers.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
A. EASY (stamped in black, bottom right corner of label)
Makers and roles
G. Delgado Ltd., manufacturer