Artist/Maker Milton Bradley (American, 1860 – 2009)

Game of Steeplechase

1880-1920

Place madeSpringfield, Massachusetts, United States, North America

Wood, cardboard, paper, metal

Container (box): 1 1/2 × 17 × 8 3/4 in. (3.8 × 43.2 × 22.2 cm)

The Liman Collection

1992.12.21

DescriptionBoard game consisting of board, spinner with numbers marked, and four wooden game pieces, painted blue, turquoise, and red; square board (folded in two) with race-course indicated by spiral bordered by red fence, on green pastoral background with spaces indicated by lines and elaborate grandstand at center; cardboard box with cover illustration of four riders in pack, jumping their horses over hedge, in front of background of fields and trees; sides of box decorated with repeating scenes of riders jumping horses over obstacles in pastoral landscape.

Markingslithographed: on box lid, top: "GAME OF STEEPLE CHASE" lithographed: on box lid, bottom left corner: "4902/MADE IN U.S.A." lithographed: on box lid, bottom right corner: "MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A." printed: on inside of box lid: "4902/GAME OF STEEPLECHASE/DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYING/IMPLEMENTS consist of four differently colored pieces representing race-/horses (one for each player) and an indicator/.../MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY, Springfield, Mass/'Makers of the World's Best Games'"

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