Jaques of London
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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".
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.
They were also first publishers of games such as tiddlywinks and snakes and ladders. Their most popular game inventions were probably croquet, table tennis and happy families, all of which are still around to this day and in some cases are still very popular. One of their most recent products is Scattles.
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