snakes and ladders
Board Game
1892 (published)
1892 (published)
| Place of origin |
Design: circular spiral design, chromolithograph mounted on a round wooden board; marked with red and green
No. of squares: 100
Squares illustrated: none
Square numbering: 1 to 100
Squares titled: none
Subject of starting square: none
Subject of ending square: none
No. of squares: 100
Squares illustrated: none
Square numbering: 1 to 100
Squares titled: none
Subject of starting square: none
Subject of ending square: none
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | snakes and ladders (manufacturer's title) |
| Brief description | Ayers; Snakes and ladders, English, 1892 |
| Physical description | Design: circular spiral design, chromolithograph mounted on a round wooden board; marked with red and green No. of squares: 100 Squares illustrated: none Square numbering: 1 to 100 Squares titled: none Subject of starting square: none Subject of ending square: none |
| Dimensions | Size: diam 8½in |
| Object history | registered by F H Ayers of London, 1892, pat. no. 200682 written in pencil underneath PHYLLIS BRIGGS HARROGATE numbers are black outlined in red; 5 red ladders (6-40, 43-70, 60-95, 20-90, 23-54) and 5 green snakes (58-27, 76-21, 48-15, 97-10, 83-33) |
| Historical context | Rewards: forward movement along the lines of the ladders Forfeits: backward movement along the lines of the snakes No. of Players: any Equipment required: dice, markers Rules placement: none |
| Production | f h ayers |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.8-1974 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2000 |
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