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ANTIQUE #SA1180795

Antique Game Of Squails

£135    $181    €158
An antique game of Squails, complete with its original sixteen wooden discs, the  wooden swoggle and the lead jack. The  mahogany box has a sliding lid and is almost certainly from the famous games maker John Jacques.
 
Great  to be complete. The box measures 21.5cm w x 11.5cm d x 3cm h.
 
C1890
 
The old English game of Squails was played on a round table and the objective was to hit discs with the heel of the hand from the edge of the table at a small lead target in the centre called a ''jack''. If the jack was moved more than six inches it was replaced. Once all sixteen Squails had been played, they scored 16 for the squail nearest to the target down to 1 for the squail furthest away. Often, a squail would be directed with the aim of knocking an opponents squail away, as much as to end up near the target, in the same manner as for bowls.
 
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Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1180795
Dateline of this antique is 19th Century
Antique ID: SA1180795
Item: Antique Game Of Squails - (reference SA1180795)
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