Fortune-telling wheels, ca. 1870
- Title(s):
Fortune-telling wheels
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain, ca. 1870.
- Physical Description:
- 2 wheels : paper, pen and black ink ; 28 cm in diameter
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsIn Process BF1891.Q6 F67 1870+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundAccessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11289729
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Two star-shaped hand-cut paper wheels, each handwritten on both sides (in pen and black ink), with a wide variety of slogans relating to love and fortune. One of the wheels includes original green strings by which it would have been held and spun.
- Subject Terms:
- Amusements -- Great Britain.Fortune-telling -- Great Britain.Great Britain -- Social life and customs
- Form/Genre:
- Games -- Great Britain.
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