Collection Highlights
Slant-front desk
Date:
1777-1794
Object Number:
1947.461
Medium:
Mahogany
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Game of India
Object Number:
2000.358
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 9 x 9 in. ( 1.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME OF/ INDIA/ MADE IN AMERICA/ 4188/ MILTON BRADLEY Co./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A."
Description:
"Game of India" board game in a paper covered cardboard box; paper game board applied to the bottom half of the box; parchessi-style board labeled "HOME" in the center and hunters riding camels in star decorations in the four corners; cover of the box inscribed, "GAME OF/ INDIA/ MADE IN AMERICA/ 4188/ MILTON BRADLEY Co./ SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A." with an image of four men holding a chained tiger and men riding an elephant, sitting cross-legged; playing pieces include a spinner with a metal arrow and sixteen wooden playing pieces.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
