Jaques of London is a family company that manufactures sports and game equipment since 1795. The company has also been known as John Jaques of London and Jaques and Son of London. "Jaques" is pronounced "Jakes". 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
Jaques had exclusive manufactering rights for a chess set designed by Nathaniel Cook in 1849 and named the Staunton chess set after Howard Staunton. That set later became the official international standard. In chess, each player has one of two equivalent sets of pieces of different colors. ... Nathaniel Cook was the designer of a set of chess figures, which is now the standard set. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Howard Staunton Howard Staunton (April 1810 - June 22, 1874) was an English chess master and unofficial World Chess Champion. ...
They were also first publishers of games such as tiddlywinks and snakes and ladders. Tiddlywinks is a game played with sets of small, thin discs (called winks) lying on a hard surface. ... Snakes and ladders is a classic childrens board game played between 2 or more players on a playing board with numbered grid squares. ...
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