One of the earliest and favorite games played by children is the cup and ball toy. This toy was popular in Europe with adults and children alike. Cups and balls came to England from France where it was called bilbocquet. In 1767 America, Charles Shipman advertised cups and balls in the New York Journal or General Advertiser. Cups and balls range in size from about three inches in length with a tiny bead ball, to 12 to 14 inches long with a ball the size of a golf ball.
The object of the cup and ball game is to swing the wooden ball into the cup that is attached to a stick. Directions from an 1859 book describes the rule of the game as:
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