Collection Highlights
Batter pitcher
1798
1937.587
Stoneware, cobalt oxide
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Luce Center
The Game of Nations
Title
The Game of Nations
Object name
Card game
Date
ca. 1898
Medium
Cardboard, paper
Dimensions
box: 1 x 5 1/4 x 6 3/4 in. ( 2.5 x 13.3 x 17.1 cm )
Description
"The Game of Nations" card game with 36 playing cards and instruction sheet in a paper covered cardboard box; four sets of nine cards each representing a continent including America, Asia, Africa and Europe with a map card, a man, woman and child card and five house cards; box cover lithographed with two Asian men in traditional costume; box cover inscribed, "The/ GAME/ of/ NATIONS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N. Y./ 4311".
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.614
Marks
lithographed: on the box cover: "The/ GAME/ of/ NATIONS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., N. Y./ 4311".
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
