THE nEW GAME of "SALOMO" OR FLIPPING DRAUGHTS

British patent

Ad in Football (G-39435) by T. Ordish & Co.

On cover: "By Royal Letters Patent".

T. Ordish & Co.

99 Fore Street, London E. C.

(no catalog number shown on game)

(none)

By Royal Letters Patent • Regd. at Stationers' Hall.

«THE nEW GAME of
"SALOMO" OR FLIPPING DRAUGHTS.»

A
SPLENDID
ALL-ROUND GAME
FOR ANY NUMBER OF PLAYERS.

An Interesting & Exciting GAME of SKILL

Inventor: H. O. ROBERTS

SUITABLE FOR PERSONS
OF ALL AGES

Published by T. ORDISH & CO., 99 FORE ST., LONDON, E.C.

H. O. Roberts (inventor)

1 shilling (printed in upper right corner of cover)

(no rules present in games examined)

cardboard box

10 ⅛ inches wide — 5 ⅛ inches high — ⅞ inches deep

32.1 cm wide — 16.2 cm high — 2.2 cm deep

200.0 grams

7.1 ounces

The top label has a white outer border, then red, then thin black line, then white, then thin black line. The inner background is whtie.

A rectangle with a background that ranges from light brown to almost white stretches along the top, with "By Royal Letters Patent • Regd. at Stationers' Hall" at upper right. The rectangle is interrupted by a circuar ring of the same colors with a white inner background, on which the price, "1'–" (1 shilling no pence) appears in red with black shadow down and to the right. The light brown of the rectangle extends partially down the right side.

Below the light brown rectangle, the background at top is white at left, turning to pink and then red to the right. On this area, "THE nEW GAME of" (black with a gray shadow with a gap) is shown.

Below, on a banner (yellow at left, ranging to white at center) is |"SALOMO"| (the "S" is red with flourishes and a black outline, and extends over the banner's edges; the remaining letters are black; all letters have a faint yellow shadow down and to the right, with a gap). Below the "S" is a vertical rectangle with a maze pattern in yellow and light brown.

To the right, still on the banner (now light yellow again) is "OR" and then slightly below and to the right, "FLIPPING", and then slightly below and to the right, "DRAUGHTS" (all in black).

Below the banner, left of center, on a background that is light yellow with some white at left: "A" above "SPLENDID" above "ALL-ROUND GAME" above "FOR ANY NUMBER OF PLAYERS." (all in black).

Below, on a banner (pink mostly, becoming red at right at the center of the cover): "An Interesting & Exciting GAME of SKILL".

Below, at lower left, on a banner (concave down, mostly orange background, black outline): "Inventor: H. O. ROBERTS".

To the right, on a clipped rectangle (background ranging from white at upper left, and light brown otherwise) at an angle: "SUITABLE FOR PERSONS" above "OF ALL AGES".

From bottom center to lower right: "Published by T. ORDISH & CO., 99 FORE ST., LONDON, E.C.", where "T. ORDISH & CO." and "LONDON, E.C." are in red with black outines and the remainder of the text is in black; "99 FORE ST." has a gray shadow down and to the right, with a gap.

A small white, rectanguilar label is attached, with the title: "NOTICE." and the following text:

"THE Inventor begs to request the public to observe that no one else has a right to make or publish this Game, as it is protected by Royal Letters Patent, and the Rules, &c., are Copyright, being entered at Stations' Hall.

There are reasons which make it necessary to state this clearly, as often unscrupulout persons, on the look-out to copy a good thing, offer to dealers inferior and somewhat similar games, but with other titles, forgetting that by so doing they are committing an illegal act and rendering themselves amenable to the law."

Red with no design.

offwhite with edges of red from box aprons.

The bifold cardboard game board measure 9 5/8" wide by 9 3/4" high, and 1/16" thick. The playing side is a checkerboard consisting of 8 squares by 8 squares. The background color is yellow, and the squares plus filled circles inside them are black. The playing surface is affixed to the cardboard as two labels, separated by the fold.

The reverse side of the game board is black with a shiny repeating pattern resembling paisley.

Two envelopes (4 1/8" wide by 4" high) each contain winks. In copy 1, one envelope contains 4 white bome squidgers (1" diameter) and 23 bone winks (3/4"); the other: 4 sred quidgers and 24 red winks.

Cambridge University Library ⇱ — 44CAMR0469572 (rules) ⇱

[collection name="Malcolm J. Watkins" item="Game-Makers to the Empire"]

Rick Tucker