1962 · Williams
4 Roses
Known for Center carousel target, Gobble holes, Blue pop bumpers and Out lanes. Open-air fairground or circus parade-ground rose garden: a circular pool with white coping in the middle ground, white railings, cypress trees and low blue hills on the horizon, red-and-white tent canopy overhead, and a small white clock tower with a red pyramidal roof at the right edge..
- Year
- 1962
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Toy
Center carousel target
- Hole
Gobble holes
- Bumper
Blue pop bumpers
- Lane
Out lanes
- Goal
Yellow and Red sequences
On the playfield
Toy 1
- Center carousel target
Holes 3
- Gobble holes
- Red gobble hole
- Yellow gobble hole
Bumpers 2
- Blue pop bumpers
- Top passive bumpers
Lanes 2
- Center top lane
- Out lanes
Controls 2
- Rollover button button
- Rollover button lines buttons
On the backglass
Who and what
- other Eight adult female showgirls in profile/three-quarter poses, standing on white stepped platforms with blue-edged treads and each holding a long slender pole upright. four on the left wear flowing red strapless costumes with red feathered headpieces, pale skin, red high heels and short white-blonde or grey coiffed hair. four on the right wear yellow costumes with orange flame-like drapery and yellow feathered headpieces, also with pale heels. all have stylised faces with red lips and arched brows. no other human figures appear.
Setting
- Open-air fairground or circus parade-ground rose garden: a circular pool with white coping in the middle ground, white railings, cypress trees and low blue hills on the horizon, red-and-white tent canopy overhead, and a small white clock tower with a red pyramidal roof at the right edge.
Text on it
- 4
- ROSES
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Yellow and Red sequences
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
- Art
- George Molentin
Reference
Linked terms
- Center carousel target also called Carousel target
- Yellow and Red sequences also called Red and Yellow
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- turquoise
Fingerprint: Huge yellow 4 and ROSES lettering across top of sky-blue field, red onion-dome canopy with white ball finial sheltering scalloped valance, eight chorus-line showgirls on stepped platforms in red and yellow costumes gripping poles, turquoise circular pool with rose garland arch, small white clock-tower kiosk, circus-fairground theme
The dominant feature is the huge yellow '4' paired with red 'ROSES' lettering across the top, with the left edge cropped so only part of a cursive manufacturer's signature survives. A red onion-domed canopy with a white ball finial covers a white scalloped valance panel decorated with tiny four-colour diamond/hourglass motifs. Eight chorus-line showgirls on stepped plinths - four in red on the left, four in yellow on the right - each gripping a long vertical pole, flank a turquoise circular pool. Rose garlands in red, yellow and pink drape over the pool in a floral arch, and a tiny white clock tower with a red roof sits at the right edge. The paint is heavily chipped along the top edge, exposing grey.
Setting
- Open-air fairground or circus parade-ground rose garden: a circular pool with white coping in the middle ground, white railings, cypress trees and low blue hills on the horizon, red-and-white tent canopy overhead, and a small white clock tower with a red pyramidal roof at the right edge.
Symbols
- Red onion-dome canopy with white ball finial
- White scalloped valance with repeating red/green/blue/yellow diamond and hourglass motifs
- Two horizontal white fence rails
- Black bird silhouettes (about eight) scattered across the blue sky
- Arching garlands of roses in red, yellow, pink and cream
- White clock tower with red roof and visible clock face
- White stepped showgirl plinths with blue risers
Lettering
- Title set in a bold condensed serif display face, 'roses' in red with heavy black drop shadow and white outline, the numeral '4' in yellow with black outline and white keyline. a partial cursive signature in red script is cut off at the far top-left edge. no other legible lettering anywhere on the glass.
Themes
- Fairground
- Circus
- Flirtation/match-themed
- Showgirl chorus line
- Rose garden
- Marquee
- Flower display
Title on it
- 4 roses
Text on it
- 4
- ROSES
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Eight adult female showgirls in profile/three-quarter poses, standing on white stepped platforms with blue-edged treads and each holding a long slender pole upright. four on the left wear flowing red strapless costumes with red feathered headpieces, pale skin, red high heels and short white-blonde or grey coiffed hair. four on the right wear yellow costumes with orange flame-like drapery and yellow feathered headpieces, also with pale heels. all have stylised faces with red lips and arched brows. no other human figures appear. |
A transdot-style painted backglass on a bright sky-blue field. Across the top, a huge yellow numeral 4 with black outline sits beside the word ROSES in bold red slab-serif capitals with black shadowing and white edging. Below, a red circus/fairground canopy with a white ball finial on top shelters a white scalloped valance; the valance is divided into panels by small red-green-blue-yellow diamond and hourglass motifs, with a few large block letters in the panel centres. The middle ground is a formal rose garden: a circular turquoise pool with a white coping, two horizontal white rails, cypress trees and blue hills behind, and rose garlands arching across the front - red, yellow, cream and pink roses on green stems. A small white clock-tower kiosk with a red roof stands at the far right. Along the bottom, eight female showgirls stand on white stepped platforms edged in blue, each holding a pole: four in red costumes on the left with red feather headpieces, four in yellow costumes on the right with yellow feather headpieces. Black bird silhouettes scatter across the sky. The top edge shows chipped, worn paint and grey backboard.