SQUAILS

The Times (London), 10 December 1864, page 17, column 5

UK

«SQUAILS»

Registered No. 190650. Green label. Wooden implements.

5 shillings (year: 1864, 1890)

6 shillings 6 pence (year: 1864, 1890)

8 shillings 6 pence (year: 1864

1890)

and 10 shillings 6 pence (year: 1864

1890)

2 shillings 6 pence (year: 1890)

3 shillings 6 pence (year: 1890)

(no rules present in games examined)

Dark wooden box with lid sliding off to the right.

8 ¾ inches wide — 4 ⅝ inches high — 1 ⅛ inches deep

52.7 cm wide — 14.3 cm high — 3.5 cm deep

Green label with border design of a repeating angled oval with a four-leafed flower, in black.

The game title, "SQUAILS", is in black across the label.

Above the title is a six-sided star made from a hollow triangle over a triangle with horizontal lines. The hollow triangle has a bird inside.

dark natural wood

The game includes one (broken) swoggle, with a ruler on one edge (not inches, the major markings are 12-13 mm apart). The swoggle is used to measure which player's discs are closest to the target, called a jack.

The metal jack (5/8" in diameter, 1/4" thick), perhaps made of lead, is marked "SQUAILS" around the top of one side and depicts an eagle with wings spread along with a crown above it. The back of the jack is marked "D 6".

Two sets of wooden discs (1 7/8" in diameter, 1/4" high, with a taper from the bottom to the top of 3/8") are included. One set has a shiny natural wooden finish, and the other a shiny dark wooden finish. Mounted at top of each disc is a colored, textured, shiny round piece of paper. Each set has 2 each of green, yellow, red, and black.

Rick Tucker

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Rules sheet with JAQ-07 and JAQ-06 and box bottom of JAQ-05v2c2