Artist/Maker
McLoughlin Brothers
(American, 1854 – 1921)
Games of Jerome Park Steeple Chase, Balky Horse and Pool
ca. 1880
Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America
Wood, cardboard, paper, metal
Overall (Closed): 2 × 12 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (5.1 × 31.8 × 34.9 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.703
Description"Games of Jerome Park Steeple Chase, Balky Horse and Pool" board games in a paper covered wood and cardboard box that resembles a book (folds open) with "Balky Horse" and "Pool" on the interior and "Jerome Park Steeple Chase" on the exterior; one side of the interior with a circular board numbered 1 through 10 with horses heads in the corner and on the other side two sets of cards in two rows representing the numbers 1 through 10; exterior of the box chromolithographed with an oval race track with numbers around the edges an traps at six intervals, image of three men on horseback at the bottom of the oval, men jumping traps in medallions in the corners and the directions lithographed in the center of the track; playing pieces include a paper instruction booklet, a five piece wooden spinner with wooden arrow and three chromolithographed jockey and horse playing pieces in wooden stands in a paper covered cardboard box with an image of the front of a stable labeled, "JEROME PARK/ STABLES".Markingslithographed: on the box that holds playing pieces: "JEROME PARK/ STABLES"
lithographed: on the side of the box: "JEROME PARK STEEPLE CHASE/ BALKY HORSE AND POOL"
ClassificationsTOYS
Collections
- Board and Table Games: The Liman Collection Gift
McLoughlin Brothers
1875
2000.674
