Career Manufacturer
Biography Games manufacturer. The first game was made by Jaques in 1891 and the game of ping pong was trademarked by J. Jaques in 1901 though it had been popular from the 1880s in England. [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 27/04/2007]
Biography References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_tennis / http://www.usatt.org/articles/history/historyintro.shtml / http://www.mastersgames.com/cat/table/table-tennis.htm / http://www.englishhall.com/templates/hpages_ja.php?kw=jaques%20games&fl=156056
County London [Greater]
Relationship Maker
Archaeological or Ethnographic Ethnography
Collected around 1990
Date made around ?1902
Dates active 1795 to present
Donated around 1990
English collections Table ping pong game and Portable board game and accessories
Institution Yes
Oxford based No
English collection size 46
Connections Merlin Pennink / The Bodleian Library Oxford