An antique skill game called "The Horizontal Bars" - a registered trademark, presented in an elegant chromolithographed cardboard box depicting gymnasts performing feats on the horizontal bars in a stadium setting. The game involves correctly placing the three metal bars into the notches on the wooden pieces to reproduce the positions shown on the lid illustration. These small games of skill and observation, very popular during the Belle Époque, combined fun and manual dexterity while drawing inspiration from the world of the circus and gymnastics, which were then very fashionable.
✦ Origin: France ✦ Period: Circa 1900 ✦ Dimensions: approx. 14.5×8.5×3 cm ✦ Condition: Good overall condition, glass reinforced with glued paper, signs of wear on the box ✦ Contents: Original box with two carved wooden pieces and three metal game bars
Charming Belle Époque skill game with a sporting theme - appreciated by collectors of antique games and illustrated objects of gymnastics and circus.
