1853 W.& S.B.Ives, Salem MA Goody Two Shoes Parlor Game - 4 Cards + Instructions (Among the Earliest Parlor Games) snaking but I quite like them

but I quite like them as is (what a wonderful face) and with a little playing around one can use the wire handle to raise and swing him (or her) into all sorts of positions

3 5/8” t x 5 3/4” in diameter

7 5/8" x 4 3/4" and in very good condition

there are two lines of text that despite my best efforts I cannot entirely decipher

Ink and watercolor on watermarked laid

1853 W.& S.B.Ives, Salem MA Goody Two Shoes Parlor Game - 4 Cards + Instructions (Among the Earliest Parlor Games) snaking but I quite like themThough there are only four cards here, they are super scarce ones, as is the sheet of printed game instructions, all produced by Q. & S. B. Ives Company of Salem, Massachusetts, the first American producer of board games (The Mansion of Happiness in 1830 the earliest) and card games, with these dating to 1853. I believe this "Goody Two Shoes Game," along with the better known "Dr. Busby," was designed by Anne W. Abbott (1808 1908) of Beverly, MA, a