Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Table game
Object Number:
Z.942.1a-d-.208
Date:
ca. 1894
Medium:
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions:
Each (box): 2 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in. (5.1 x 7.9 x 7.9 cm)
Marks:
stamped: on top of box in gold: "GAME OF/[elaborate scroll]NUMERICA"
written: in pencil on bottom of box: "H1 2/8666/20"
printed: under illustration of family playing game: "The Game Numerica as it is played"
printed: in black on instruction booklet
Description:
Table game consisting of 208 squares of cardboard, each colored purple, yellow, orange, or green, with numbers from 1 to 13 printed on one side, and instruction booklet; in square cardboard box covered with red paper with gold stamped scrolls and inscriptions, with separate piece of cardboard dividing interior of box into four compartments; also included, folded picture of four people seated at a table playing game, with squares filled in with color.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
