Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver
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Grandmama's Arithmetical Game
Object Number:
2000.613
Date:
ca. 1887
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/2 x 6 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 15.9 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
printed: on the instruction booklet: "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS/ TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of ARITHMETIC/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., Manufacturers,/ NEW YORK."
lithographed: on the box cover: "GRANDMAMA'S/ ARITHMETICAL/ GAME./ IMPROVED/ McLOUHGLIN BROS. N.Y.".
Description:
"Grandmama's Arithmetical Game" card game with 119 cards and an instruction and answer booklet in a paper covered cardboard box; each numbered card is printed with a question; answers are printed in a booklet; booklet inscribed, "DIRECTIONS and ANSWERS/ TO/ GRANDMA'S/ GAME of ARITHMETIC/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., Manufacturers,/ NEW YORK."; box cover lithographed with an old woman with her arm around a young girl and a small boy writing numbers on a chalk board; cover inscribed, "GRANDMAMA'S/ ARITHMETICAL/ GAME./ IMPROVED/ McLOUHGLIN BROS. N.Y.".
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
