Game Information

Shepton Mallet Journal, Somerset, England, 10 January 1936, page 1, column 4 (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001625/19360110/014/0001)

The "Chad Valley" Games (on rules)

The Chad Valley Co. Ltd. (on implements box)

Chad Valley Works (cover and rules)

(no catalog number shown on game)

(none)

[title THE
"CHAD VALLEY"
GAME OF
HOVERMOTH]

MADE AT THE CHAD VALLEY WORKS
HARBORNE, ENGLAND.

small box (13 9/16" x 10" x 3/4"); game board depicts large tree at right, a meadow, and houses at rear

Sidney Currie (1876-1930, artist of playing surface)

moth, butterfly, Sidney Currie

white label under box lid

13 9/16 inches wide — 10 inches high —¾ inches deep

34.4 cm wide — 25.4 cm high — 1.9 cm deep

The top label is attached to the cover, with a yellow outer border then a black border inside it. The main background is yellow.

At top center, "THE" above |"CHAD VALLEY"| above "GAME OF" appears in black. Below, "HOVERMOTH" appears in red with black outline in an extra-serifed font. Below that, at left, is "MADE AT THE CHAD VALLEY WORKS", and at right, "HARBORNE, ENGLAND.", both in black.

The top profiles of different multicolor moths or butterflies appear in each corner, each facing inward.

The main illustration at center shows two light brown (wooden) stands, with a rectangular base and round rod upward. A string is tied between the stands near the top.

Three moths or butterflies are hanging on the string, as targets, and two more below it. Four winks (blue, yellow, pink/orange, and green) are flying toward the targets, each with a trail of curved lines. Four additional winks are still at lower left.

dark red

white rules label on offwhite

dark red, empty

tan-gray with edges of dark red box bottom overlabel.

Four different multicolor moths/butterflies are included, each with a 5 3/4" wingspan and 2 5/8" body length. Each is curved concave up from front to back. At the edges of each wing a metal disc is held on with a round brown-striped paper. The metal disc (the size of a U.S. cent coin) serves as a weight for balancing the moths/butterflies on vertical stick poles.

Four stick poles are included; all are 1/8" in diameter: two 9" in green, and two 4 1/2" in orange.

A small implements box (2" by 1 1/2" by 5/8"), labeled "THE CHAD VALLEY CO., LTD.,
CHAD VALLEY WORKS
HARBORNE." on each apron that opens, has a moth/butterfly sticker on top. Winks are inside the implements box: 4 large (3/4" diameter) of red, green, yellow, and dark blue; 1 medium (5/8" diameter) each of green, red, and purple; and 3 small yellows (1/2" in diameter)

The game board is a painting signed by "SIDNEY CURRIE" at lower left. It depicts a large tree at right with a meadow at left and two large houses at rear with steep sloping roofs. The board has 4 holes in it where the stick poles can be placed.