Object Number 1959.0098.006

Object Name

Game (Pope Joan or Matrimony game)

Category

Toys and Games

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Place of Origin

England, United Kingdom, Europe

Date

1800-1850

Materials

Wood; Paint

Dimensions (inches)

2 (L) , 11.87 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

5.08 (L) , 30.16 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Delftware circular Pope Joan "board" inscribed "Game" and with playing cards: vol. 2, no. D386, London or Liverpool, 1750-70, noting earlier versions have 8 rather than 6 sections, the extras inscribed "Intrigue" and "Matrimony." (See Notes.)
[Book] Hobson, R. L. 1903 Catalogue of the Collection of English Pottery in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography of the British Museum.
• Delftware circular Pope Joan dish: p. 146, no. E 145, with five nearly pie-shaped compartments portraying playing cards and a central circular one inscribed "GAME.".