Not currently on display at the V&A

flower families

Card Game
copyright 1973 (published)
Place of origin

Design: printed cards, the reverse sides printed with a blue and white daisy pattern and the faces with a colour photograph of each flower, its name in 4 languages


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • flower families (manufacturer's title)
  • a happy familiesy game no. 278 (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
Flower Families; Some cards on display in this location, the rest are in st6/Plan/1/6
Physical description
Design: printed cards, the reverse sides printed with a blue and white daisy pattern and the faces with a colour photograph of each flower, its name in 4 languages
DimensionsSize: 4¼in x 3in x 3/4in-box
Object history
On the reverse of the instructions sheet is a list of other games entitled PIATNIK CHILDREN'S CARD GAMES
Historical context
Rewards: a pool of counters formed at the start pays an agreed bonus to the player with the most Fours
Forfeits: a stipulated fine may be paid to the player who is misinformed about a card.
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: 36 cards arranged in 9 sets of 4 - On the Mountain I, On the Mountain II, Roses, In the Vase, In the Flower Pot, On the Meadow, In Spring, In Summer & Autumn I, and In Summer & Autumn II.
instructions sheet
green card case

Rules:
FOURS TO HAPPY FAMILIES
The DOMINANT word or MOTIF indicates the picture.

1. May be played by three or more players.
2. Shuffle well and deal equally among the players.
3. Examine your cards; if you hold any complete Fours, lay these on the table.
4. The player on the right of the dealer asks any player if he holds a card needed to complete a Four or Happy Family.
5. If the player asked holds the card, he must surrender it.
6. The player may continue to ask the one who has surrented a card for a further card; the moment that player cannot supply the wanted card, he becomes the one to ask any player for a card.
7. This contimues round the table until a player has tabled the largest number of Fours.
8. The type of questions asked will enable an attentive player to know whom to ask for a wanted card to complete Four.
9. A pool of counters formed at the start pays an agreed bonus to the player with the most Fours.
10. A stipulated fine may be paid to the player who is misinfomred about a card.
Production
Benno Products- London; Piatnik- Wien; made in Austria; trademark of a race horse and jockey
Collection
Accession number
MISC.113-1985

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Record createdMarch 4, 2000
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