Wooden skittles |
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| Title : | Wooden skittles |
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| Source : | [Skittles sets] [toy] | ||
| Additional Creator : | Gilbert Collection | ||
| Format : | Toy | ||
| Dimensions : | 230 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Donated by : | Gilbert Family |
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| Description : |
A set of nine wooden yellow, green, red and blue skittles or nine-pins. One lacks its top; seven of the skittles have red tops, and one a blue top, identifying it as the king pin. Skittles is derived from the French game 'quilles' and was played in England from the 14th century. The name changed over the years to 'skittles'. By the early 19th century the games of skittles and nine-pins had become distinctly different games. This set of skittles or nine-pins was used by the Gilbert family of Pewsey Vale in the late 19th century. There was no ball with the set when presented to the Children's Literature Research Collection in the late 1960s; this, the damage to one pin and the general signs of wear on the other pins indicate the level of use the children made of this set. |
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| Period : | 1884-1913 |
| Further reading : | Grunfeld, Frederic V. (ed.) Games of the world: how to make them, how to play them, how they came to be, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1975 The Phoenix dictionary of games: outdoor, covered court and gymnasium, indoor: how to play 501 games compiled by J. B. Pick, London: Phoenix House, 1959 Strutt, Joseph. The sports and pastimes of the people of England: including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles from the earliest period to the present time, London: s.n., 1867 |
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