Table Croquet Set On Stand
Table Croquet Set On Stand
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Table Top Miniature Croquet Set.
An original parlour game of miniature croquet. The table top croquet set comes on it's original turned stand which is made up of a segmented base and top of boxwood and rose wood with a turned mahogany pillar. The set contains 8 mallets with boxwood heads, each having red or blue bands (one to four in each colour). 8 boxwood balls with corresponding coloured bands, two posts with numbered red and blue bands and 10 hoops with lead weighted feet. This is a very high quality piece and although there is no makers name it could most probably have been made by either F.H. Ayres or Jaques, because of its quality.
The mallets are 12 inches in length and the boxwood heads unscrew from the handles.
Table Croquet was likely the invention of the Victorians who had a craze for all sorts of parlour games. A whole number of indoor/parlour games were invented, this included miniaturised versions of the popular outdoor games at the time, including bowls and croquet. These games were manufactured by the great games manufacturers of the time such as John Jaques and F. H. Ayres.
Dimensions:
1850-1899
C. 1880
Boxwood
United Kingdom
Very good. The two posts are new.
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