'Jeu de Lotto'
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1837 - 1901
Materials
Wood, card and paper
Measurements
60 x 230 mm; 170 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997307
Summary
Lottery game or "Jeu de lotto" in a wooden box composed of a set of 35 green number cards,87 wooden number counters (numbers 2,38 & 67 are missing), a spinning die made of bone, a yellow sheet with numbers from 1 to 90 and finally two rules sheets, one in English and the other one in French and German entitled "The new company game of lottery with the rules of quintenary lottery and those of the lotto di Genua by H. W.".
Full description
Lotto game contained in a wooden box with sliding lid, painted yellow inside and light green outside.On the lid is a picture representing 5 women, 4 men, 3 girls and 1 boy sitting around a table and playing the lotto in early 19th c costume.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.