Game
ca.1920-1930 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Shag tobacco tends to be a blend of fine and rough and rougher cut tobacco that is mainly associated in the UK with pipe smoking. Slightly damper than hand rolling tobacco, shag tobacco tends to burn more slowly and have a stronger flavour.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Offset litho printed tinplate |
| Brief description | Patience game, advertising `Franklyns, Fine Shagg' tobacco, offset litho printed tinplate, England, ca.1920-1930. |
| Physical description | A promotional game of Patience advertising Franklyn's Fine Shag tobacco, made from offset litho printed tinplate. There are 35 counters, square, coloured red with a circular depression within which is imprinted a single letter of the alphabet. All are contained in a rectangular tin with rounded corners and of shallow depth. The upper surface of the lid, coloured red, bears the legend: FRANKLYN'S / FINE SHAG / NOVEL / PATIENCE GAME. REGD.NO / 765963/4/5. In the lower left hand corner, a colphon; in the lower right, `PRICE / 6D. The full instructions for the game are printed on the underside of the lid. The objective is to arrange the counters in the following order: `...SMOKE.../ FRANKLYNS / FINESHAG / ITISGOOD. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Marks and inscriptions | FRANKLYN'S / FINE SHAGG / NOVEL / PATIENCE GAME / REGD.NO / 765963/4/5 (Printed on the upper surface of the lid.) |
| Production | Advertising Ephemera |
| Summary | Shag tobacco tends to be a blend of fine and rough and rougher cut tobacco that is mainly associated in the UK with pipe smoking. Slightly damper than hand rolling tobacco, shag tobacco tends to burn more slowly and have a stronger flavour. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.124-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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