Game

game

Name/Title

Game

Entry/Object ID

2007.46.22a-e

Description

Boxed game consisting of 3 toy mice and a central cardboard disk printed with 3 mousetraps. The lid of the box is printed with an illustrated scene showing a woman in a red dress holding a large knife and running down the street away from a house. There is a man standing in the road behind her, and 3 large mice at her feet. It is printed with the inscription, "Three Blind Mice see how They run /They all ran after the Farmers Wife She cut off their tails with a Carving Knife". Inside are three felt mice, each with a ball bearing inset into the bottom for rolling. At the center of the box, a cardboard disk mounted on 3 wooden legs.

Context

Owned by a member of the Dopp family.

Acquisition

Accession

2007.46

Source or Donor

Dopp, Sarah L.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Clark & Sowdon

Date made

1892

Place

State/Province

New York

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Game

Nomenclature Class

Game Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (box)

Width

7-1/8 in

Length

7-1/8 in

Dimension Description

Mice (each)

Width

5/8 in

Length

1-1/2 in

Material

Paperboard, Cardboard, Wool, Metal, Wood, Paper