Vintage 'Ascot' Horse Racing Game
Vintage 'Ascot' Horse Racing Game
Victorian Jaques Horse Racing Game.
This antique "Ascot" The New Racing Game is a collectible mechanical horse-racing game made by Jaques & Son, London. The game is housed in a rectangular wooden box with brass clasps, a bone turning handle, and four bone-mounted ringlets along the front. The lid bears a colourful chromolithographic label reading "Ascot - The New Racing Game … By Letters Patent, Makers, JAQUES & SON, LONDON."
Inside, a brass turning spindle sets four painted lead racehorses and their jockeys into motion. As the handle on the side of the box is turned, the horses appear to race towards the finish, creating a simple but entertaining mechanical spectacle.
The game is believed to date from the late Victorian period, probably around the 1880s or 1890s. It was designed as a betting game, with players wagering on which horse would reach the finish first.
With its original wooden case, mechanical workings, painted lead horses, and period graphics, the game offers a charming glimpse into Victorian leisure and the early history of mechanical games and gambling amusements.
The size shown is for the box, the horses are 8½ cm in length.
The game comes with four other lead horses.
Dimensions:
1850-1899
Circa 1880s - 90s
Lead and wood
United Kingdom
Good original working order.
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