SUPERB 1960S SPEARS ENGLAND PICTURE DOMINOES GAME

SUPERB PICTURE DOMINOES GAME BY SPEARS, ENFIELD ENGLAND. WONDERFUL PERIOD GRAPHICS ON THE BOX LID.  
 
THIS FANTASTIC VINTAGE PICTURE DOMINOES GAME IS BASED ON CONVENTIONAL DOMINOES BUT WITH A DIFFERENCE. INSTEAD OF THE CLASSIC NUMBERS, THESE HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH 28 PICTURE IMAGES OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT ITEMS. BUT THE GAME IS PLAYED EXACTLY THE SAME WAY BY MATCHING THE PICTURES TOGETHER.
 
SIZE 19CM WIDE 13,5CM HIGH
CONDITION: COMPLETE WITH ALL 28 PICTURE DOMINOES ACCOUNTED FOR. BOX HAS SOME MINOR WEAR. 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 (1879-1994):
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.

PLEASE ALSO SEE MY OTHER ITEMS LISTED. I HAVE VARIOUS OTHER ORIGINAL VINTAGE BOARD GAMES FROM THE 1960S AND 1970S ALSO ON AUCTION THIS WEEK. NOTE ALL MY AUCTIONS END AT 22H30 SO IT IS ADVISABLE TO PUT IN AN AUTOMATIC BID (HIGHEST PRICE YOU ARE WILLING TO PAY) EARLY.
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