Collection Highlights
Brandywine bowl (brandewijnkom)
Date:
ca. 1700
Object Number:
1911.38
Medium:
Silver
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Lost Heir
Object Number:
2000.650
Date:
1875
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 x 4 1/2 x 6 in. ( 2.2 x 11.4 x 15.2 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: box cover: "LOST HEIR/ NOYES & SNOW./ WORCESTER. MASS./ SUCCESSORS TO/ WEST & LEE GAME CO./ ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS BY WEST & LEE GAME CO. 1875."
Description:
"Game of Lost Heir" with 32 cards representing the police forces of four cities and an instruction book in a paper covered cardboard box; box cover printed with a young boy carrying a kite; box inscribed, "LOST HEIR/ NOYES & SNOW./ WORCESTER. MASS./ SUCCESSORS TO/ WEST & LEE GAME CO./ ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS BY WEST & LEE GAME CO. 1875."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
