Bidspirit auction | Vintage wooden croquet set

Vintage wooden croquet set - A collectible sporting item from the late 19th or early 20th century. It features mallets with turned handles and colored stripes, along with several wooden balls. The items are housed in their original pine box, which includes a caution label regarding proper storage and care of the wood.  Croquet’s exact inventor is unknown, but modern croquet likely originated in Ireland before being introduced to England in the 1850s, evolving from older French and Irish games like jeu de mail or crookey. It was popularized and codified in England by John Jaques II in the 1860s, with many crediting its development to Irish ”Big House” culture before the Victorian era craze