Collection Highlights
American Bastille
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.E458.8.M36.1870F.XL
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Game of War
Object Number:
2000.483
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions:
Each (figure): 6 1/2 in. × 2 in. × 3/4 in. (16.5 × 5.1 × 1.9 cm)
Container (box): 1 5/8 × 10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (4.1
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "GAME of/ WAR/ COMPLETE WITH TOY SOLDIERS/ PISTOL AND AMMUNITION/ MILTON BRADLEY CO Springfield, Mass., U.S.A."
Description:
"Game of War" table game (like ten-pins) with twenty lithographed soldiers (pins) on horsback tacked to wooden stands in a box; box cover lithographed with an image of a Spanish-American War battle and the inscription, "GAME of/ WAR/ COMPLETE WITH TOY SOLDIERS/ PISTOL AND AMMUNITION/ MILTON BRADLEY CO Springfield, Mass., U.S.A."; aprons lithographed with other battle images.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
