DENNIS'S PARTY GAME PUZZLED 'EM
Party Game
1930s (made)
1930s (made)
1-24. cards; each printed with a black and white photograph showing an object taken from an unusual position. Each card is numbered from 1 to 24 and marked at the bottom with the name of the game and maker's marks.
1. street scene 2. safety razor 3. bread knife 4. funnel 5. trowel 6. cake cutter 7. chisel 8. hot water jug 9. jam jar 10. coat hook 11. scales
12. door bolt 13. fret saw 14. gas fire glower 15. button 16. shoe horn
17. wooden spoon 18. fountain pen 19. cigarette pack 20. biscuit
21. candlestick 22. key 23. collar stud 24. buckle
25. Key to Puzzled'Em Series No. 21
26. Party Game Score Card; printed in brown on white on both sides of the card with a space for the name of the player and a space for the name of who checked the answers.
27. box lid; white card with a label printed to show the title.
28. box base; white card with a violet label underneath printed with C2 DEPT 12 and the price 2/= written in ink.
*Many party games are based on humour or well known people such as one in the Durka collection based on film stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Others are historical or geographical such as another in Durka which is the Counties of England. The earliest of these types of games is found in the late 18th century set such as Wallis's Pack of Puzzles, rebus illustrations of 1798 and Darton's Puzzles v Puzzles, questions and
answers of c. 1825. The games were supplanted by other forms of games toward the end of the 1800s, for examples Pictorial Lottos, but re-introduced between the wars, 1920 and 1940.
1. street scene 2. safety razor 3. bread knife 4. funnel 5. trowel 6. cake cutter 7. chisel 8. hot water jug 9. jam jar 10. coat hook 11. scales
12. door bolt 13. fret saw 14. gas fire glower 15. button 16. shoe horn
17. wooden spoon 18. fountain pen 19. cigarette pack 20. biscuit
21. candlestick 22. key 23. collar stud 24. buckle
25. Key to Puzzled'Em Series No. 21
26. Party Game Score Card; printed in brown on white on both sides of the card with a space for the name of the player and a space for the name of who checked the answers.
27. box lid; white card with a label printed to show the title.
28. box base; white card with a violet label underneath printed with C2 DEPT 12 and the price 2/= written in ink.
*Many party games are based on humour or well known people such as one in the Durka collection based on film stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Others are historical or geographical such as another in Durka which is the Counties of England. The earliest of these types of games is found in the late 18th century set such as Wallis's Pack of Puzzles, rebus illustrations of 1798 and Darton's Puzzles v Puzzles, questions and
answers of c. 1825. The games were supplanted by other forms of games toward the end of the 1800s, for examples Pictorial Lottos, but re-introduced between the wars, 1920 and 1940.
Object details
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 28 parts.
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| Title | DENNIS'S PARTY GAME PUZZLED 'EM (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | printed card |
| Brief description | Party Game; English; 1930s |
| Physical description | 1-24. cards; each printed with a black and white photograph showing an object taken from an unusual position. Each card is numbered from 1 to 24 and marked at the bottom with the name of the game and maker's marks. 1. street scene 2. safety razor 3. bread knife 4. funnel 5. trowel 6. cake cutter 7. chisel 8. hot water jug 9. jam jar 10. coat hook 11. scales 12. door bolt 13. fret saw 14. gas fire glower 15. button 16. shoe horn 17. wooden spoon 18. fountain pen 19. cigarette pack 20. biscuit 21. candlestick 22. key 23. collar stud 24. buckle 25. Key to Puzzled'Em Series No. 21 26. Party Game Score Card; printed in brown on white on both sides of the card with a space for the name of the player and a space for the name of who checked the answers. 27. box lid; white card with a label printed to show the title. 28. box base; white card with a violet label underneath printed with C2 DEPT 12 and the price 2/= written in ink. *Many party games are based on humour or well known people such as one in the Durka collection based on film stars of the 1930s and 1940s. Others are historical or geographical such as another in Durka which is the Counties of England. The earliest of these types of games is found in the late 18th century set such as Wallis's Pack of Puzzles, rebus illustrations of 1798 and Darton's Puzzles v Puzzles, questions and answers of c. 1825. The games were supplanted by other forms of games toward the end of the 1800s, for examples Pictorial Lottos, but re-introduced between the wars, 1920 and 1940. |
| Dimensions | Height: 5¼in Width: 4 3/4in Depth: ½in |
| Marks and inscriptions | Copyright. The 'Dainty' Series No. 21 |
| Object history | References: This is an illustrated game rather than a question & answer one. This game has 24 sheets which require a number of people to say what each picture is; score cards are provided as is the key card. Offered as a gift to Prints and Drawings and referred to BGM. |
| Production | Made by: The 'Dainty' Series No. 21 Copyright Printed in England England |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.11:1-1994 |
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| Record created | April 17, 2000 |
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