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Culture:Chinese?
Title:game: cup and ball
Date Made:19th century
Type:Recreational Gear
Materials:ivory, cord
Place Made:China?
Measurements:overall: 5 1/4 in.
Accession Number:  HD 56.102
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Game of cup-and-ball or bilboquet with an ivory ball on a cord tied to a turned ivory post. This is a throwing up and catching game whose most famous exponents were Henri III (1551-1589) of France and Jane Austen. Children played with it in ancient Greece; and Captain Cook found it on the Sandwich Islands during his voyage to Australia. Popluar throughout the 19th century, it was first mentioned in 1826 in America and Mexico.

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games

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