Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
1740-1770
1890.3
Wool, linen
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Mystic Cubes or the Spelling Bee Game
Title
Mystic Cubes or the Spelling Bee Game
Object name
Table game
Date
1891
Medium
Cardboard, paper, wood
Dimensions
Overall: 2 3/8 x 7 1/8 x 4 5/8 in. ( 6 x 18.1 x 11.7 cm )
Description
"Mystic Cubes or the Spelling Bee Game" table game with seven wooden spelling cubes covered with paper and printed with a letter on each side and two wooden cups wrapped in black paper in a paper covered cardboard box; box has a chromolithographed image of a boy seated on a cannon shooting lettered cubes; box inscribed, "MYSTIC/ CUBES/ OR THE/ SPELLING BEE