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1957 · Gottlieb

Flag-Ship

Open sea and pale sky, ship's deck and painted harbour horizon with distant buildings and boats.

Year
1957
Maker
Gottlieb
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
2

Made by

Design
Wayne Neyens
Art
Roy Parker

Vision analysis

On the backglass

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Flag-Ship backglass

Backglass

  • turquoise
  • red
  • purple
  • cream

Fingerprint: Two smiling women in striped nautical shirts reaching to touch large ship's wheel divided into red 1 and green 2, chunky extruded FLAGSHIP title in red with dark outline, GETTLER'S and TWO PLAYER text flanking title, colour-coded reel windows for players, teal sky palette with signal flags

Distinctive

Two smiling women in striped nautical shirts and peaked sailor caps reaching in from either side to place their hands on a large ship's wheel that is divided into a red '1' half and a green '2' half, functioning as the game logo device. The title FLAGSHIP is rendered as chunky extruded red block letters with dark outline and white highlight, arched on a banner between GETTLER'S and TWO PLAYER. Two cream circular instruction badges sit symmetrically high left and high right on the teal sky. Reel windows are colour-coded red for 1st PLAYER and green for 2nd PLAYER beneath the figures.

Setting

  • Open sea and pale sky
  • Ship's deck
  • Painted harbour horizon with distant buildings and boats

Symbols

  • Ship's wheel
  • Signal flags and bunting
  • Sailing ship
  • Numbered reel windows
  • Arrow label
  • Circular instruction badges

Lettering

  • Large extruded red block serif with dark outline and white highlight on a curved banner; small black sans-serif capitals for gettler's, two player, a game of skill, 1 or 2 can play, 1st player, 2nd player; white ball in play on a left-pointing arrow

Themes

  • Nautical
  • Sailing ship
  • Sea
  • Two player
  • Reel game
  • Flags and bunting

Title on it

  • Gettler's flagship

Text on it

  • GETTLER'S
  • FLAGSHIP
  • TWO PLAYER
  • D. Gottlieb & Co
  • A GAME OF SKILL
  • 1 or 2 CAN PLAY
  • BALL
  • 1
  • 2
  • 1st PLAYER
  • 2nd PLAYER
  • BALL IN PLAY
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Left side, tan-skinned, dark hair under a green peaked cap, green-and-white striped short-sleeve top, smiling, right arm extended to touch the wheel
Woman Right side, tan-skinned, dark hair under a white peaked cap with red trim, red-and-white striped short-sleeve top, smiling, left arm extended to touch the wheel
Vehicle Central sailing ship: maroon funnel, yellow triangular sails, purple hull, wooden wheel marked 1 and 2
Full description

Illuminated painted backglass on a pale turquoise/teal sky. Across the top centre sits a large red three-dimensional slab-serif logo reading FLAGSHIP in a curved banner, flanked by small black capitals GETTLER'S on the left and TWO PLAYER on the right, with an artist signature D. Gottlieb & Co on a white ribbon below the title. Two tan-skinned women in striped short-sleeved tops and peaked nautical caps flank the scene: the left woman in a green-and-white striped shirt and green cap, the right woman in a red-and-white striped shirt and red-bordered white cap, both smiling and reaching inwards to touch the ship's wheel. Centre is a ship's wheel divided into red and green quadrants marked 1 and 2, a maroon funnel above labelled BALL, yellow triangular sails behind, and purple hull sides. Two coloured reel windows sit low: a red-framed one labelled 1st PLAYER and a green-framed one labelled 2nd PLAYER, each with four rectangular windows. Banners of red, purple, green and yellow signal flags stream diagonally from both top corners. A cream circular badge on the left reads A GAME OF SKILL; a matching badge on the right reads 1 or 2 CAN PLAY. Bottom left carries a white arrow-shaped BALL IN PLAY label. The bottom third is a broad purple/magenta band of deck scenery.