Artist/Maker
Parker Brothers
The Game of Sir Hinkle Funny-Duster
ca. 1903
Place madeSalem, Massachusetts, United States, North America
Cardboard, paper
Container (box): 1 1/8 × 6 15/16 × 5 3/8 in. (2.9 × 17.6 × 13.7 cm)
The Liman Collection
1992.12.19
DescriptionCard game consisting of deck of 20 playing cards in various colors, each with a picture and caption, and instruction booklet; each "family" (Funnyduster, butler, huntsman, gardener) has an identifying motif marked on upper right corner: duster, cup and saucer, whip, and unidentified container; cardboard box covered in marbled paper, with cover illustration of gentleman with red face and prominent stomach, in eighteenth century dress (powdered wig, embroidered jacket, lace jabot, knee breeches, stockings, and buckled shoes) surrounded by red scrollwork on yellow ground.Markingslithographed: on lid, top: "THE/COMICAL GAME/SIR HINKLE/FUNNY-DUSTER/TRADE/MARK:"
lithographed: on lid, bottom left: "[trademark of three-masted sailing ship]/MADE IN SALEM, MASS., U.S.A."; "Copyright/1903/by"
lithographed: on lid, bottom right: "Parker/Brothers/INC./Salem, MASS/U.S.A."
printed: on cover of booklet: "Rules for Playing/THE GAME OF/Sir Hinkle Funnyduster/Published by Parker Brothers (Inc.)/Salem, Mass., U.S.A./COPYRIGHT, 1903... [3 pages of instructions]"
printed: sample captions on cards: "SIR HINKLE FUNNYDUSTER'S SERVANT."; "WHIP, THE HUNTSMAN'S SON."; "BOTTLES, THE BUTLER."
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
