Collection Highlights
Snake jug
Date:
1871
Object Number:
1906.6ab
Medium:
Stoneware
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Lotto
Object Number:
2000.473
Date:
ca. 1890
Medium:
Cardboard, wood, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/4 x 6 3/8 x 3 3/4 in. ( 3.2 x 16.2 x 9.5 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "LOT/ TO/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK."
Description:
"Lotto" a 'bingo'-type of game with twelve printed cards and eighty-seven wooden pieces each marked with a different number from 1 to 90 (missing 1, 61, 78) and 144 cardboard counters in a paper covered cardboard box; each card printed with three rows of nine rectangles, each having five numbers printed on them; box cover printed with the image of a woman wearing a bonnet over a lotto card and inscribed, "LOT/ TO/ McLOUGHLIN BROS.,/ NEW YORK."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
