1853 W.& S.B.Ives, Salem MA Goody Two Shoes Parlor Game - 4 Cards + Instructions (Among the Earliest Parlor Games) japanese tea canister and the "snacs" [snakes] hatching

and the "snacs" [snakes] hatching and then fully grown

In his gaze

4 1/4" l x 3 1/4" t x 2 1/4" w and in sound condition

A beauty of an old whimsy

1853 W.& S.B.Ives, Salem MA Goody Two Shoes Parlor Game - 4 Cards + Instructions (Among the Earliest Parlor Games) japanese tea canister and the "snacs" [snakes] hatchingThough 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