Circa: 1936
Manufacturer: Milton Bradley Company
Nifty vintage toy card game but box only with nothing inside (no cards). Milton Bradley Company, Game of Old Maid, item #4681. States copyright year 1936 in Roman Numerals on box lid and graphics look to date this piece to the 1930s.
Top and bottom box pieces, fitting together properly, both in decent, usable or displayable condition, but with expected wear and age. Full color graphics on box lid, with bright blue dark turquoise background, game title in red and white with black outlining, with two cats sitting among the title letters, one in the "O" of "Old" and one inside the 'D" of "Maid", yellow cats with blue eyes and wearing blue plaid ribbon bows. Box measures 7 7/16 x 5 1/8 inches and sits 1 inch in depth.
Top piece has no tears or pieces missing but has edge wear/paper wear along all edges (topside, bottom rims and corners), creases on sides, a brown double line circular mark on the cat and letters "OL" of old (as if someone had put a dirty glass down on top of the lid at some point), other scuffing/paint color wear, etc. There is what appears to be the original paper price label marked ".50" or 50 cents on one lid end. Box bottom piece has a vertical line corner tear in one corner, with outside white having a general slightly yellowed/aged look with some scuffing, crease lines, etc. (but not bad). Insides of box lid and bottom are clean.
Please use the zoom feature to examine images closely. Also please note that the images could not show the true dark turquoise color correctly. We've shown a mix of images shot both with and without the camera light. Those with the light lighten the turquoise color, while those without the light make it not appear a rich true darker turquoise (sorry, we did the best we could). The color looks much better in person. We've included some images shot without the camera light as those sometimes help in better understanding the condition due to camera light reflections.
Would still look great on display or may be the box you are missing to go with the Old Maid game cards you already have. This will be shipped in a box for safety.