Card game — The Fancy Bazaar or Aristocratic Traders, London, ca. 1865
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1865
Card game in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number E.1792&A to J-1954), made in London, dated ca. 1865. The museum's brief description reads: Boxed card game, The Fancy Bazaar, published in England by E & M A Ogilvy in about 1865. Museum description: Design: lithograph, hand coloured with letterpress; central compartment, 8 surrounding compartments, 8 illustrated cards, 56 printed cards; sheet of rules; wooden box The museum records it as Hand-coloured lithographed card and wood, measuring Height 31.1 cm; Width 31.1 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
Rewards: reward of counters Forfeits: forfeit of counters No. of Players: 8 Equipment required: counters Rules: The 56 cards with letterpress fall into 6 groups. 1. BAZAAR CARDS A Bazaar to aid the Acclimatisation Society. A Bazaar for the purpose of helping to pay the National Debt A Bazaar to raise a fund to build a bridge from Dover to Calais A Bazaar to build a school to teach Grown Children 2. DONATION CARDS Two chests of tea - The player to pay four counters to bazaar 10 pairs of baby's socks - The player to pay four counters to bazaar 4 boxes of Pic-Nic Biscuits - The player to pay four counters to bazaar 5 boxes of Spanish onions - The player to pay four counters to bazaar 4 larger rocking horses - The player to pay four counters to bazaar 6 pine apples - The player to pay four counters to bazaar 4 Norfolk turkeys - The player to pay four counters to bazaar 10 soup tureens - The player to pay four counters to bazaar 3, GOODS FOR BAZAAR (in each case two counters must be paid to the named stall ) C offee, spices, soap. Mrs Plausible - pay 2 to her stall Crinoline, cloaks, hoods. Viscountess Pumicestone Stockings, shirts, collars. Viscountess Pumicestone Cabbages, carrots, onions. Honorable Lady Verysoft Damsons, potatoes, turnips. Honorable Lady Versoft Calceoarias, violets, mignionette. Marchioness of Bailbury Partridges, woodcocks, hares. Miss Silvertone Candles, sugar, tea. Mrs Plausible Gloves, mittens, frocks. Viscountess Pumicestone Ducks, geese, turkeys. Miss…
Physical characteristics
- Material
- wood, card
- Dimensions
- Height 31.1 cm; Width 31.1 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Hand-coloured lithographed card and wood
- Place recorded
- London
Identification
- Museum object name
- Card game
- Museum object number
- E.1792&A to J-1954
- Museum system number
- O26611
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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