Floor game | play set:Soldier Ten Pin Set

For centuries, people enjoyed the game named variously bowling, nine-pins, jeu de quilles, or skittles. 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.

Soldiers and a cannon make up this deluxe tenpin soldier play set. The maker is unknown but the soldier design is similar to some McLoughlin figures. The cannon includes a swivel base. It fired a small metal ball by means of a rubber band mechanism.