Bowls set
by or after Townsend Ltd
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
c. 1991
Materials
Plastic and cardboard
Measurements
55 x 140 x 282 mm
Place of origin
England
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Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997120
Summary
Green fabric covered cardboard box identified on the lid as ‘Townsend Croquet Limited, Carpet Bowls, Made in Frinton-on –Sea England’. It contains four red and four blue spotted bowls, with a white Jack and a set of instructions
Full description
“Carpet bowls is played to rules similar to outdoor bowls. The object of the game is to finish nearer to the Jack than your opponents bowls. (…) Carpet bowls is intended to be played at home on a domestic carpet.”
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009
Makers and roles
by or after Townsend Ltd, manufacturer