CLASSIC GAME A VINTAGE RING BOARD SPEARS GAME

A VINTAGE RING BOARD GAME BY SPEARS ENGLAND.
 
ITS A TRADITIONAL QUOITS GAME. Quoits is an ancient game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike. Quoits is also supposedly the game the ancient Greek deity Apollo was playing with his lover Hyacinth which ultimately resulted in his death.
 
The target has 12 hooks, worth points from 2 to 13. The rings provided are rubber. The most points after several turns each, wins.
 
SIZE BOX 30CM SQUARE
CONDITION: COMPLETE WITH ALL THE RINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS. BOX HAS A FEW SCRAPES AND ONE CORNER TEAR  PLEASE SEE PHOTOS.
 
NOTE I HAVE VARIOUS OTHER VINTAGE BOARD GAMES AND TOYS ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. THIS WEEK IS THE IDEAL TIME TO TRY AND COMBINE AS MANY AS POSSIBLE OF THESE OLD GAMES THAT DOES NOT OFTEN COM ON THE MARKET.
 
SPEARS:
J. W. Spear and Sons was a manufacturer of board games during the 20th century. The company was founded by Jacob Wolf Spier (1832-1893) in Furth near Nurenburg Germany in 1879. They initially producing goods such as table mats, photo frames, and waste-paper baskets. By the turn of the century, games had become their main product.
In 1932, the company set up a factory in Brimsdown, Enfield, Britain to avoid customs duties. With the rise to power of the Nazis and the Spier family being Jewish some members of the family moved to Britain and subsequently Anglicised their name to Spear. The Nuremberg factory was forcibly "purchased" by a German businessman, and survived most of World War 2 under Nazi control until the Royal Air Force bombed it. The UK factory switched to military production during the war and then returned to making games.
The company was floated on the London Stock Exchanfe in 1966 and was taken over by Mattel in 1994 after a bidding war with Hasbro. Mattel closed the UK factory and while it still produces Scrabble, most of the traditional Spear's Games are no longer made.

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