Game Information

"Glevum" Series

(no catalog number shown on game)

"GLEVUM" SERIES (text only)

[title The Game
of
"HOP-IT"]

BRITISH
MANUFACTURE.

MADE IN ENGLAND.

"GLEVUM" SERIES.

hop, marble, bagatelle

label under box lid

"HOP-IT."

15⅝ inches wide — 7 inches high — 1¼ inches deep

39.7 cm wide — 17.8 cm high — 3.2 cm deep

Label with white outer border, then blue. Background is yellow in an trapezoid starting and wider at top. Below that is a smaller brown trapezoid. To left and to right are red right triangles, clipped at the top in the upper corners. Thin yellow rectangular background below all the above.

"The Game" above "of" in script at upper left. "Hop-It" in quotes (brownish-purple with black outline).

At upper right: "BRITISH" above "MANUFACTURE." above "MADE IN ENGLAND" (all white).

Main illustration depicts 7 people hopping on one foot. From left to right: young girl (yellow hair, green dress), man (black/blue hair, blue jacket and trousers, white shirt, green socks), woman (yellow hair, pink shoulder-cut dress with green sash and green bow on side of neck), older man (white hair, partially bald, green jacket and trousers, gray vest, white shirt, black bowtie, red socks), older woman (gray hair, orange dress, blue ribbons on shoulder), young man (brown jacket and trousers, white shirt and bowtie), young boy (yellow hair, blue long-sleeved shirt, white short pants).

At lower right: "GLEVUM" (in quotes) and "SERIES." (black).

red

Red with no design.

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

Playing surface is attached inside box bottom.

Top part of playing surface is a rectangular (6 1/2" by 8") target with 20 holes (4 across, 5 down), each marked with a value. Top row: 20 (red), 10 (blue), 10 (yellow), 20 (green). Second row: 15 (green), 5 (red, 5 (blue), 15 (yellow). Third row: 10 (yellow), 5 (green), 5 (red), 10 (blue). Fourth row: 15 (blue), 10 (yellow), 10 (green), 15 (red). Bottom row: 10 (red), 15 (blue), 15 (yellow), 10 (green).

Bottom part of playing surface is a wooden box with a slanted front inside the playing surface. A metal ring and rod come out on the bottom side of the box and is attached to a wooden rod that is used to propel a ball towards the numbered target. The remainder of the shooting area is a pattern of gold rock-like outlines with brown and light blue spots inside, plus white radiating lines between the rock-like outlines.

Separating the shooting area from the target is a green triangular elongated piece of wood.