Lexicon card game
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
copyright 1968
This object is a word-making card game titled "Lexicon", published in England by John Waddington in 1968. The game is made of printed card and comes housed in a red lidded cardboard box fitted with a moulded pale blue plastic insert. Inside, the equipment consists of 52 cards printed with letters of the alphabet and score numbers, along with two instruction leaflets.
The faces of the cards are printed in black ink with a large letter of the alphabet in the centre, accompanied by the same letter in opposite corners and a numerical score value printed in red in each corner. The reverse sides feature a red pattern printed on white. The master card bears the registration mark "Regd. No. 529991". The exterior of the packaging is inscribed "COPYRIGHT c 1968 JOHN WADDINGTON LTD", while the interior of the box carries "PAT NO 890171 FF". The included instruction sheets are marked "COPYRIGHT c 1935 & 1968 BY JOHN WADDINGTON LTD".
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Historical context
The game was originally produced in 1932, with this particular version issued in 1968. Lexicon is designed for any number of players, who compete to form complete dictionary words, insert cards into existing words, or substitute letters, with the objective of shedding cards to avoid accumulating penalty points based on card values.
Physical characteristics
- Material
- Printed card
Technical characteristics
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- lexicon
- Museum object number
- MISC.196-1988
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.