Game Piece
Top Die
| Object Number: | 21282 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Austrian |
| Provenience: | Austria Vienna |
| Period: | Modern Late 19Th Century |
| Date Made: | 1898 |
| Early Date: | 1898 |
| Late Date: | 1898 |
| Section: | Historic |
| Materials: | Bone (uncertain) Wood |
| Iconography: | Peasant Girl |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1898 |
Description
A ten-sided prismatic top-die with longitudinal pin, having nine sides with black spots from 1 to 9, arranged so that the sum of the opposite faces from 1 to 8 equals nine. Opposite the nine is the figure of a peasant girl - Marianne = Mariandle, who counts double. Made in Vienna, largely for export.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Peace Around the World: Toys and Games for All the Ages (08 Dec 1996 - 31 Aug 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] 1899. "Special Collections". Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania. Vol. II. no. No. 1. pg. 51-66 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 57, fig 45 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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