Game Information

Glevum Series

GLEVUM SERIES (red, in black oval)

[title THE GAME OF HATS-OFF]

BRITISH MANUFACTURE

[logo GLEVUM SERIES]

MADE IN ENGLAND

snow, snowball, hat, top hat, cane, umbrella, brick wall, monocle

label under box lid

"RULES FOR THE GAME OF 'HATS OFF.'"

13¼ inches wide — 12 inches high — 1¾ inches deep

33.7 cm wide — 30.5 cm high — 4.4 cm deep

Label with offwhite outer border, then black line. Background of top quarter is dark blue, concave at bottom; next quarter below is yellow with some orange, and bottom is white and blue representing snow and ice.

At upper left: "THE GAME" above "of" (black) and then "HATS-OFF" (red with black outline, then blue then white shadow), in a curve downward to right.

At central left, boy (red hat and coat, black short parts, green socks) is leaning down, holding a snowball by a stack of other snowballs at the end of a red brick wall, looking to center. Similarly, at center right, another boy (brown/green crosschecked hat), blue jacket, red scarf) has just thrown a snowball at two gentlemen at center, and is standing behind a red brick wall with a stack of other snowballs.

At center left is a man (monocle, dark blue coat, brown/black striped pants, tan shoes, holding cane), is knocked partially off his feet as a snowball knocks his top hat off. To his right is another man (brown jacket, light brown pants, black/white shoes, green scarf) has also lost his hat to a snowball, and has dropped his umbrella as one of his legs goes up in the air.

At bottom left: "BRITISH MANUFACTURE"

At bottom center: "GLEVUM SERIES" (red) in a pointed oval.

At bottom right: "MADE IN ENGLAND".

red

Red with no design.

gray with edges of red wrap-around paper on box bottom

Natural wooden stand (9" by 1 3/4" by 38" thick) for targets has 3 wooden dowels (1/4" diameter by 1 1/4" high) attached to the top. 3 painted wooden human figures (1" bottom diameter, 3/4" top diameter, 3 5/8" tall, with varying shapes between top and bottom) fit over dowels. Each has a blue ring at top and red ring at bottom; face is painted below top, then a red ring for the neck and blue for lower clothing with white stripes and spots. A hole goes all the way through the human figures.

2 (out of 3 that should be present) conical paper hats (1" diameter at bottom, 1 3/4" tall) are placed on top of the human figures to be knocked off. Each has a different multicolored design.

A shiny natural wooden platform (3 3/4" wide at bottom, 3 1/2" wide at top, 1" deep, and 1" wide) has a semicircle groove on the top plus a semicircle wire over the top near the end.

A shiny green-painted cylinder (3/4" diameter by 2" long) has a metal pull on one end that is attached to a wooden cylinder inside, that acts as a propelling device for another piece placed inside.

A shiny red piece (3/8" to 5/8" to 1/2" diameter), shaped somewhat like a bowling pin, has a white hazy piece at one end and a white ring near the other end. This may be the bullet for the propelling device.