"LO LO" THE NEW PARLOR CROQUET GAME

game cover

© 1891 L. E. Lawrence

On cover: "PATENT APPLIED FOR".

(no catalog number shown on game)

[none]

[title]
TRADE MARK

COPYRIGHTED 1891, BY L. E. LAWRENCE

PATENT APPLIED FOR

croquet

$1.00 (year: 1891)

(no rules present in games examined)

cardboard box

12 inches wide — 12 inches high — 2 inches deep

30.5 cm wide — 30.5 cm high — 5.1 cm deep

A label is attached to the box cover that has a pale yellow background and border, then a black line inside that border.

"LO LO" appears in quotes at the top in large letters (pale yellow with a black outline and shadow, with green horizontal stripes at top). "TRADE MARK" is below in black.

The main part of the cover depicts a scene that includes a table (white top, green and black sides) with a green mat. Nine croquet wickets and two end stakes are placed on the mat in the United States croquet layout. A woman (wearing a long yellow dress with a V behind neck) is sitting at left with her hand touching the green mat. A man (wearing a dark suit, white shirt, dark bowtie) is standing behind her and to the left, with his hand on a chair. At middle behind the table is a woman looking down at the mat. A flower pot appears to her right. At the right end of the table is a man (wearing a dark suit, white shirt and bowtie) sitting and holding a rod to shoot a wink on the mat. At right is a bearded man (wearing a dark suit) facing left and sitting. The large leaves of a plant are present at right.

At the bottom of the cover, the following text appears: "THE NEW PARLOR CROQUET GAME" (in a black serifed font); and below it: "COPYRIGHTED 1891 BY L. E. LAWRENCE PATENT APPLIED FOR".

red and black filigreed square pattern

red and black filigreed square pattern

cardboard box

Green felt mat (21 1/2" long by 11" wide by 1/8" thick) with border of overlapping black circles and then black line. Facing each of the two ends of the court is "Lo Lo" in quotes, and "THE NEW PARLOR GAME" below, all in black.

9 metal wickets are 1 1/2" tall and wide with round tops, with each attached to two wooden stands that protrude through from underneath the mat. The wickets are arranged in USA croquet court layout along with two wooden end stakes (3/4" tall, protruding through from underneath the mat, 3/8" at base, shaped like a thin chess pawn).

6 natural unfinished wooden mallets (rods that are 3 5/8" long, with one end 3/8" diameter and the other end a flat bevel 3/8" wide).

Large winks (1 1/8" diameter): 1 white, 1 dark green, 1 brown, 1 red.

Small wink (5/8" diameter): 1 brown.

Rick Tucker

22 October 1891 · American Stationer · page 871 · note: Illustration of game cover. · (periodical)

August 1987 · Antique Toy World · page cover · note: Color photograph. · (periodical)

Bruce Whitehill, Games, American Boxed Games and Their Makers, 1822-1992, With Values, Radnor, Pennsylvania: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, © 1992, page 157.