Description: Circa 1946 through mid 50's / Mid-Century / Five-Pins Bowling Game. A vintage floor/table game from Mansfield Zesiger Mfg. Co of Ohio. Floor or tabletop game featuring a red metal tube frame stand w/back-bar and 5 hanging bowling pins. The ball pushes the pin up and over (see photo) to mark your points. Approximatly 26" long x 19" deep x 11" wide. This game is a throw-back to when family's played games together. Condition is good. Approximatly 70 years old...this game does show some use. Moderate rubbing and wear to the frame paint, some marks on the pins from being struck with the ball and a piece of masking tape with a previous owners name on it...all normal wear from use. All four rubber feet are present and all other parts are original. A rare and highly sought-after vintage game. "George H. Mansfield's central focus, from the beginning, was mass producing a novelty baseball game he'd devised, featuring an actual 12" miniature bat and a 2" diameter ball attached to a swaying metal tee. Renting some manufacturing space in an old flour and grist mill in Cuyahoga Falls, Mansfield started looking for investors and distributors; no easy task in the early 1930s. From the looks of it, though, he eventually found his partners in the form of representatives from the Johnson Store Equipment Company in Elgin, IL, who were gearing up their catalog for Chicago's upcoming "Century of Progress" World's Fair in 1933.When the U.S. entered World War II, any hope of re-igniting his old manufacturing business probably seemed all the more far fetched, but to Mansfield's credit, he stuck with the dream. After the war, he joined forces with his son-in-law Denton Zesiger, re-organizing the old toymaking factory as the Mansfield & Zesiger MFG Co. (alternately known as the Mansfield Products Co.). George's own son John soon joined the effort, as well, as a new, fully updated version of "Bambino" baseball game and "Five Pins" bowling game led the company's product line in 1946 (see photo)." From the advertising pamplet (see photo): "- A very popular party game - A 1-1/2" rubber ball and 10" pins - For the home, club and recreation room - 3 balls per turn, make strikes and spares - As much fun and skill as bowling alleys - New semi-soft rubber ball - New heavy steel frame - New glossy pins - New rubber-grip feet - Wider and heavier frame - New streamlined toolpressed structure- Play in any size room or outdoors "No Toy or Sporting Good Department Complete without This Brilliant, Distinctive, Irresistable game.""
Price: 750 USD
Location: Abilene, Texas
End Time: 2024-02-18T21:24:37.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Brand: Mansfield-Zesiger
Character Family: Game
Age Level: 17 Years & Up
Recommended Age Range: All ages
