Games Collection (#13)

Diving Tackle Date: 1930

Children???s Toys

Thomas William Green - English Racewalker
Date: 1935

Susi - playing games with a French bulldog
Unusual Friends - Susi the spaniel playing games with a French bulldog. Date: 1950s

The Nose Game - Impulsive Nose A1, Denotes Quick Temper. Date: 1927

The Nose Game - Commercial Nose E4, Denotes Shrewdness. Date: 1927

The Nose Game - Artistic Nose D9, Denotes Refinement. Date: 1927

The Nose Game - Aggressive Nose C7, Denotes Force of Character. Date: 1927

Gibbs Happy Families - Miss Tooth the Dentists daughter. Date: 20th century

Gibbs Happy Families - Mrs Pipe the Plumbers wife. Date: 20th century

Gibbs Happy Families - Mr Tooth the Dentist. Date: 20th century

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Tooth the Dentists son. Date: 20th century

Gibbs Happy Families - Master Bun the Bakers son. Date: 20th century

Poster, Munich Olympics, Germany, 1936
Poster advertising the Munich Olympics, Germany, 16 August to 3 September 1936. Date: 1936

Chess in the Fifteenth century
A chess player, inspired by Boke of Chesse, in 1474. Date: 15th century

Game of chess
Otto IV, margrave of Brandenburg, depicted playing chess with his wife Hedwig von Holstein. Date: 14th century

Advert for Parkins and Gotto, gambling items 1903
Advertisement from 1906 for Parkins and Gotto, of Oxford Street, London, showing the wide range of gambling items, including a miniature shooting saloon, poker dice, puff billiards, roulettes

Croquet tournament at Wimbledon, London 1870
Grand croquet tournament at the new All England Club, Wimbledon, London Date: 1870

Playing bucklers, maids dancing for garlands. Popular English game using small metal shield and weapon, similar to fencing. Date: 16th century

Men playing Tric Trac (Backgammon)
Men playing a game of Tric Trac (Backgammon) on a table, maybe in a tavern. Date: 17th century

Early Billiards. Date: 1710

RING A ROSES 1930S
Little girls in traditional dress play Ring o Roses at a childrens village festival in Upper Silesia. Date: 1930s

Ancient dice-box. Date: 15th century

BOARD GAME TRIC-TRAC
A group of men enjoy a game of tric-trac (backgammon) at an inn. Date: 17th century

LADIES PLAYING SOLITAIRE
Four fashionable ladies play solitaire. Date: Early 19th century

Medieval bowling
Early bowling. Date: 13th century

BOARD GAME SELLER 18C
A French tabletier: dealer in fancy goods of ivory, ebony, etc, including chess and backgammon sets. Date: 18th century

Children playing in a park, c. 1920
Children playing in a town park. Date: circa 1920

GAMES / BOYS / MARBLES 19C
Six boys playing marbles Date: early 19th century

GAME / PILLOW FIGHT C1885
Three boys stage a pillow fight in their nightgowns Date: circa 1885

GAME / ACTING RED RIDING
A group of children act out the story of Red Riding Hood to an audience of their family and friends Date: 1880

GAMES / OUTDOOR / DOG SLEIGH
Children playing an energetic game with a dog sleigh Date: 19th century

GAMES / OUTDOOR / PARK C1920
Children playing in a town park Date: circa 1920

GAME / TIGER HUNTING 1901
Three children hunt a tiger - one of their friends wearing a tigers skin (no doubt borrowed from the fireplace!) Date: 1901

GAME / WINTER / SLIDING ICE
Children sliding on the ice Date: 1888

GAME / WINTER / MONTMARTRE
Schoolboys take advantage of the snow to engage in a snowball fight on the Butte de Montmartre Date: circa 1905

SEE-SAW / EARLY 18C
An outdoor scene with two people on a see-saw in the right foreground Date: early 18th century

ADVERT. BILLIARD TABLE
Advertisement for Rileys combine billiard and dining room table Date: circa 1900

GAMES / BOB-APPLE / C1890
A group of smartly dressed children play a game of bob- apple Date: circa 1890

GIRLS SKIPPING IN PARK
French girls skipping in the Tuileries Gardens, Paris Date: 1820s

GIRL WITH SKIPPING ROPE
A young Victorian girl poses for the camera, holding a skipping rope. Date: circa 1875

GAME / OUTDOOR SKITTLES
A jovial group of men enjoy an outdoor game of skittles Date: circa 1830

GAME OF HUNT THE SLIPPER
Le furet Date: 1858

ARISTOCRATIC SWINGING
A beautiful young woman is pushed on a swing by a dashing chap. Date: 18th century

GIRL ON SWING C19
A little girl in a flowing dress swings happily. Date: 19th century

CARD PLAYERS IN KITCHEN
The Card Players: a game of cards taking place in the country kitchen of a poor rural home Date: circa 1807

PLAYING CARDS IN HOLLAND
Great interest is shown in a two-handed game of cards played in a Dutch tavern Date: 17th century

GIRL ON SWING 1926
Woman swings in a tree. Date: 1926

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