Bowling set:Jack Horner Ten Pins

Named variously bowling, nine-pins, jeu de quilles, or skittles--the game involving pins with a rolling ball--has been a favorite pastime for centuries. Egyptians indulged in a form of bowling by 3,200 B.C. King Henry VIII banned lawn bowling in 15th-century England because too many tradesmen neglected their vocations. Washington Irving immortalized nine pins in his 19th-century tale of Rip van Winkle. By 1900, Americans formed formal bowling associations to play the game competitively.

This home version of Ten pins is marked with the nursery rhyme title "Little Jack Horner."