Tile Game

Name/Title

Tile Game

Entry/Object ID

2020.22.132a-gggggggggg

Description

Boxed mahjong set. The box has a sliding lid with the label, "TILES/THE OLD CHINESE GAME" and manufacturing information. Inside the box are 142 wooden tiles bearing the designs typical to a mahjong game. In a small partitioned section of the box are 36 red sticks, 38 orange sticks, 31 green sticks, 10 blue sticks, and two miniature dice. Three pages of instructions are included.

Context

Made by Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company in Brandon, VT

Acquisition

Accession

2020.22

Source or Donor

Herrmann, Charles

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company

Date made

circa 1920 - circa 1930

Place

Town

Brandon

County

Rutland County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Game, Tile

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Game

Nomenclature Class

Game Equipment

Nomenclature Category

Category 09: Recreational Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall (box)

Height

2-3/4 in

Width

4 in

Length

8-1/2 in

Dimension Description

Tile

Width

7/8 in

Depth

3/8 in

Length

1-1/8 in

Material

Wood, Paper, Bone