Artist/Maker R. Bliss Manufacturing Company (American, 1830 – 1935)

Game of Frog Pond

1890

Place madePawtucket, Rhode Island, United States, North America

Cardboard, paper, wood, metal

Container (box): 2 5/8 x 8 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. (6.7 x 21.3 x 21.3 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.601

Games by R. Bliss Manufacturing Co., a firm noted for its exceptional lithography, are almost as sought after as McLoughlin products. Frog Pond, a dexterity game, is another variation of the popular Fish Pond.

Description"Game of Frog Pond" fishing game in a paper covered cardboard and wooden box; box cover chromolithographed with an image of three children on the edge of a river with two boys holding fishing lines, a girl looking on and a frog wearing breeches and a pointe cap in the foreground; wooden box base with four frog holders decorated with marsh grass, cat-o-nines and lily pads; six cardboard frogs of various colors, with hole cut through to be caught by, are inserted into the uprights; 2 wooden poles with string threaded through holes at end, with metal hooks at end of line; text printed on box cover: "GAME/ OF/ FROG-POND/ COPYRIGHTED BY R. BLISS MFG. CO. 1890".

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