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--and date of 1796 (I believe a 9) handwritten and inlaid
16 1/2" t x 9 5/16" w x 5" d
with the alert
and ever rarer that I fall in love with one
1853 W.& S.B.Ives, Salem MA Goody Two Shoes Parlor Game - 4 Cards + Instructions (Among the Earliest Parlor Games) japanese tea canister --and date of 1796 (IThough there are only four cards here, they are super scarce ones, as is the sheet of printed game instructions, all produced by Q. & S. B. Ives Company of Salem, Massachusetts, the first American producer of board games (The Mansion of Happiness in 1830 the earliest) and card games, with these dating to 1853. I believe this "Goody Two Shoes Game," along with the better known "Dr. Busby," was designed by Anne W. Abbott (1808 1908) of Beverly, MA, a
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