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On Display: House - Commons Room
Game (Pope Joan or Matrimony game)
1800-1850
Category
Toys and Games
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Wood
- Paint
Museum Object Number
1959.0098.006
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1959.0098.006
Object Name
Game (Pope Joan or Matrimony game)
Category
Toys and Games
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1800-1850
Materials
- Wood
- Paint
Dimensions (inches)
2 (L) x 11.87 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
5.08 (L) x 30.16 (Diam)
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.".