Aug 18, 2017 · A teetotum was a small spinning top that could be either bought with a game or made at home by players. After it was spun, the teetotum would topple over on one of its sides, which had been marked with a number.

Teetotum, game (part of) made of wood, lead. Second of two items numbered "5303"; (first is African arrow).

A teetotum (or T-totum) is a form of spinning top most commonly used for gambling games. It has a polygonal body marked with letters or numbers, which indicate the result of each spin. [1][2] Usage goes back to (at least) ancient Greeks and Romans, with the popular put and take gambling version going back to medieval times. [2] .

Nov 11, 2022 · Gamblers and bettors used carved wooden tops with four or eight sides, called teetotums, in games of chance. Jewish children use a specialized teetotum, a dreidel, in games played during Chanukah.

Apr 22, 2014 · Teetotum or tee-totum appeared in the English language between 1710 and 1720, although it is believed to have originated during the Middle Ages in Germany where it was called a “torrel” or “trundl.” A teetotum refers to a gambling spinning top that was spun with the object of winning the pool.

Boy with a Spinning-Top or Child with a Teetotum is a 1738 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Jean Siméon Chardin, now in the Louvre in Paris, which acquired it in 1907. [1] It is based on a 1735 work now in the São Paulo Museum of Art and shows Auguste-Gabriel, son of the jeweller Charles Godefroy, contemplating a teetotum or ...

Design: brass, with 6 sides; each facet stamped with an instruction; wooden counters in 4 colours. These probably belonged to a game, rather than being a teetotum and counters for use with any game. Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a …

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Pillar dial; silver; hour-scales on six sides of slightly tapering octagonal column; double cap with domed and pierced top; folding gnomon missing; base unscrews allowing it to serve as an étui for a die and a teetotum with six faces.

Blue plastic: curciform section; the 4 successive wings are marked on each face in Hebrew (see card). The teetotum, falling to rest, will be supported by 2 edges, and will show a pair of matched symbols. Credit Line: Gift of Smithsonian Institution, 1971