Object number
59/10/1-4
Title
Cribbage,
Description
Four playing pieces from the card game cribbage. Used with the board to keep the score. Cribbage was developed in the early 17th C.
These four plastic playing pieces - two red and two white - are from the card game cribbage. They are used with the cribbage board to keep the score. The game of cribbage was developed in the early-seventeenth century.
Physical description
4 cribbage counters: plastic; good condition
Archival history
MERL ‘Associated information’ form – ‘[insert] 59/10/1-4 [end insert] Name of Object: Cribbage counters // Age…: - Neg 60/2771 // Name and address of present owner: [...] // Description of use to which it was put…: 2 red & 2 white counters to go with board 59/9 [pencil sketch].'
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External document
- L:\MERL\Objects\JISC 2012\60 series negatives\60_2771.tif - High resolution image
