Game
by or after E. Wallis
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
1836
Materials
Wood and cardboard.
Measurements
120 mm (Width) x 45 mm (Depth); 162 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997522
Summary
Wallis’s New Spelling Game consisting of two wooden boxes of Alphabet letters, from A to M in the first box and from N to Z in the second one, together with a rulebook and a red fabric bag.
Full description
The set originally came with a board for arranging the letters. It was published by E Wallis, 42 Skinner street, London,1836.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
by or after E. Wallis, publisher