Collection Highlights
Proposed Coat of Arms for New Amsterdam, New Netherland: Preparatory Drawing for a Presentation to the Dutch West India Company
ca. 1630
1885.5
Black ink and wash, watercolor, red and black chalk, and red gouache, with contours incised by a stylus on laid on paper, mounted on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
The Game of Jack Straws
Title
The Game of Jack Straws
Object name
Table game
Date
ca. 1888
Medium
Cardboard, paper, wood, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 7/8 x 6 x 4 3/4 in. ( 2.2 x 15.2 x 12.1 cm )
Description
"The Game of Jack Straws" table game with 48 wooden pick-up-sticks, some flat and shaped others thin and cylindical and a metal hook with a turned wooden handle in a paper covered cardboard box; box chromolithographed with an image of a six "Brownies" playing a game of oversized jack straws; box cover inscribed, "The Game of/ JACK-STRAWS/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM * MASS * USA".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.649
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "The Game of/ JACK-STRAWS/ PARKER BROTHERS/ SALEM * MASS * USA"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.