AN ANTIQUE WOODEN TABLE OR PARLOUR GAME OF TRAILS.
WE CAN ONLY FIND ONE MENTION OF THIS IN OUR RESEARCH – SO VERY RARE.
IT IS IDENTICAL TO THE GAME SQUAILS, OF THE SAME VICTORIAN PERIOD.
THE 16 WOODEN DISCS ARE ALL IN VERY GOOD CONDITION – APART FROM ONE THAT HAS SPLIT DUE TO AGE ,
ALTHOUGH THIS SHOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE GAME. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS.
THE LITTLE WOODEN JACK IS ALSO PRESENT.
FABULOUS ORIGINAL PRINTED PAPER INSIDE THE BOX !
DIMENSIONS: THE BOX MEASURES APPROX.21.5 CM X 11 CM
A TRAIL MEASURES 5 CM DIAMETER
Squails
The Oxford English dictionary has the following reference to “squail”:
2. pl. A table-game in which counters or disks are propelled towards some mark by snapping. App. introduced in 1857 by Mr. John Jaques, London.
The author has also verified from historical records that Squails was first published by John Jaques of London on 26 April, 1857 and there doesn’t seem to be any evidence of the game prior to this. So the conclusion is that Squails is an entirely proprietary game invented by this famous game manufacturer at this time. It later appeared in the USA published by Milton Bradley Games in 1867 accompanied by a set of highly dubious marketing assertions about it’s long history…
The old English game of Squails was played on a round table and the objective was to hit discs with the heel of the hand from the edge of the table at a small lead target in the centre called a “jack”. If the jack was moved more than six inches it was replaced. Once all sixteen Squails had been played, they scored 16 for the squail nearest to the target down to 1 for the squail furthest away. Often, a squail would be directed with the aim of knocking an opponents squail away, as much as to end up near the target, in the same manner as for bowls.
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