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The New Game of King's Quoits

The New Game of King's Quoits
The New Game of King's Quoits
Title
The New Game of King's Quoits
Object name 
Card game
Date 
1893
Medium 
Cardbord, paper, wood, cotton, felt, bone
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 3/4 x 14 3/4 x 16 1/4 in. ( 4.4 x 37.5 x 41.3 cm )
Description 
"The New Game of King's Quoits" board game with 4 bone disks, 23 bone rings, 2 circular felt mats, a textile bag to hold the rings and a paper covered board with 36 wooden pegs applied in a paper covered cardboard and wooden box; box cover with a target in the center with court figures in each of the corners, a queen, a joker, a king and a knight; box cover inscribed, "THE/ NEW GAME/ KING'S/ QUOITS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHTED 1893"; board with court figures repeated in the corners, five circular target rings around a castle in the center and three rings of applied wooden pegs painted, red, blue and yellow; partition at the top of the board holds the playing pieces.
Credit Line 
The Liman Collection
Object Number 
2000.456
Marks 
lithographed: on the box cover: "THE/ NEW GAME/ KING'S/ QUOITS/ McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK./ COPYRIGHTED 1893"
Gallery Label 
The New Game of King's Quoits is a variation of Tiddledy Winks in which players try to ring pegs by jumping donut-shaped bone disks off a mat.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.