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snakes and ladders

Board Game
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


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titlesnakes and ladders (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
Wood, English, F.H.Ayres, 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
DimensionsSize: diam 8½in
Object history
registered by F H Ayers of London, 1892, pat. no. 200682


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
B.892-1993

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Record createdMarch 4, 2000
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