1977 · Recel
Master Stroke
Deep magenta-purple painted backdrop, pale blue-green ghostly or sculptural figures behind the crowd, cream/off-white outer frame with red vertical strips at the left edge and pale blue ground behind the small top plaque.
- Year
- 1977
- Maker
- Recel
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- purple
- yellow
- blue
- green
Fingerprint: Five figures crowded around green baize pool table, woman in low-cut pink top standing center with hands on hips, curly-haired man in mustard-yellow shirt at right, stacked "Master" "Stroke" title in chunky yellow block letters with black outlines, cream score window showing six zeros, pale blue-green ghostly figures looming background, deep magenta field.
Five people crowding around a large green baize-topped table, with a woman in a low-cut pink top standing dead centre and a curly-haired man in a mustard-yellow shirt and blue jeans at the right edge. The stacked two-line yellow title Master Stroke sits at upper left against a saturated magenta-purple field. A cream score window with six mechanical digit reels, all reading 0, runs across the upper right. Pale blue-green ghostly figures loom in the background behind the crowd.
Setting
- Deep magenta-purple painted backdrop
- Pale blue-green ghostly or sculptural figures behind the crowd
- Cream/off-white outer frame with red vertical strips at the left edge
- Pale blue ground behind the small top plaque
Symbols
- Six mechanical score digit reels in a cream window
- Green baize table surface
- Small printed plaque/banner at top centre
- Stacked yellow and blue strips at right edge
Lettering
- Chunky yellow-orange sans-serif block capitals with thick black outline and dark drop shadow, two stacked lines
Themes
- Billiards
- Pool hall
- Snooker table
- Pub interior
- Group of people
- Score reels
Title on it
- Master stroke
Text on it
- Master
- Stroke
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Far left, dark brown or black top, grey-white hair or cap, arm raised, seated or leaning at the table |
| Man | Bottom-left foreground, seen from behind, dark hair, blue jacket or shirt, seated facing the table |
| Other | Centre-left, curly orange-blonde hair, red top, bent forward over the green table |
| Woman | Centre, long dark brown hair, low-cut pink or magenta top, standing upright with hands at her hips |
| Man | Right, curly brown hair, mustard-yellow shirt, blue jeans, standing, one hand raised holding a small object |
| Other | Far right edge, pale blue-green semi-transparent female-shaped figure, partly cropped |
A painted backglass on a cream/off-white bordered panel, dominated by a deep magenta-purple background. At upper left the title is stacked in two lines as chunky yellow-orange block capitals with heavy black outlines and a dark drop shadow, reading Master over Stroke. To the right of the title is a wide cream-coloured rectangular score window containing six mechanical digit reels, all showing 0. Above the window, small in the top border area, is a tiny printed banner or plaque on a pale blue ground, and along the far right edge are stacked yellow and blue strips. The main scene shows five people crowded around a large green baize-topped table or desk that fills the lower half: a man in a dark top at far left with one arm raised, a man in blue seen from behind in the bottom-left foreground, a curly orange-haired figure in a red top bent forward over the table, a woman with long dark hair in a low-cut pink top standing at the centre with her hands at her hips, and a curly-haired man in a mustard-yellow shirt and blue jeans standing at right. Pale blue-green ghostly or sculptural figures loom in the background. The cabinet front below the table is brown with a small illegible mark.