1955 · Gottlieb
Wishing Well
Star-speckled navy night sky, classical stone courtyard with arcaded arches, niches and statues, green lawn and pale paved fountain basin, black-and-gold wrought-iron railing across the foreground and light wooden cabinet frame surrounding the glass.
- Year
- 1955
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
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.
Backglass
- blue
- green
- magenta
- yellow
Fingerprint: WISHING WELL cartouche, fan-shaped score panel with colored radiating wedges from fountain jet, green arc of numerals 1-7 MILLION, flapper-era women in bright gowns around fountain, classical courtyard with arches and statues, navy star-speckled field
A fan-shaped score panel where coloured wedges radiate from a central fountain jet, with a green arc of numerals 1 to 7 ending in the word MILLION, and score values 100000 to 900000 in coloured capsules. Below it a crowd of flapper-era women in brightly coloured gowns surround a fountain in a classical courtyard of arches and statues. The white-and-red WISHING WELL cartouche sits low centre on the wrought-iron railing. A small white rectangular maker's label with a cursive name is pasted over the middle of the score fan.
Setting
- Star-speckled navy night sky
- Classical stone courtyard with arcaded arches, niches and statues
- Green lawn and pale paved fountain basin
- Black-and-gold wrought-iron railing across the foreground
- Light wooden cabinet frame surrounding the glass
Symbols
- Row of small green five-pointed stars separating the numerals
- Scattered white stars on the blue field
- Circular fountain basin with a radiating pink and white pattern
- Arched stone niches each containing a small statue
- Coin-like yellow roundels set into the green railing
- Vertical jet of water rising from the fountain centre
Lettering
- Bold sans-serif block capitals, individually coloured and white-outlined on the score panel; the title is white slab capitals with a heavy red drop shadow on a scalloped pink plaque
Themes
- Wishing well
- Fountain courtyard
- Flapper 1920s fashion
- Score ladder to a million
- Night sky
- Gold railings
Title on it
- Wishing well
Text on it
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- MILLION
- 100000
- 200000
- 300000
- 400000
- 500000
- 600000
- 700000
- 800000
- 900000
- WISHING WELL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left foreground, tall, blonde bobbed hair, magenta bodice and purple skirt with a long yellow train, arms folded, facing right |
| Woman | Left middle, red hair in a bun, white and orange two-piece flapper outfit, standing in profile |
| Woman | Centre left, dark hair, orange-red robe with white trim, arms slightly raised |
| Woman | Centre, dark hair, yellow and dark green gown, standing behind the fountain |
| Woman | Centre right, dark hair with headband, red and white two-piece costume, knees bent in a pose |
| Woman | Right side, small figure in green near the railing, partly hidden |
| Woman | Right foreground, large figure with bright red hair, pale pink and purple bodice with a blue drape, turned three-quarters left |
Framed backglass set in a light wooden surround, its painted art divided into a tall upper score panel and a lower palace scene. The top is a fan of radiating colour wedges (blue, orange, green, magenta, yellow) on a star-speckled navy field, crossed by a pale green arc carrying a row of block numerals 1 to 7 separated by small green stars, with the word MILLION in large blue block capitals arcing across the upper right. Two rows of outlined score figures - 100000 up to 900000 - sit in white-bordered capsules coloured green, magenta, red, purple and blue. A small white rectangular label bearing a cursive maker's name, with a narrow red strip of fine print just below it, is pasted over the middle of the panel above a small square window. Below, a fountain courtyard with pale stone arches, niches and statues, and a black-and-gold wrought-iron railing, is filled with about seven women in 1920s flapper-style evening gowns. A pink scalloped cartouche at bottom centre reads WISHING WELL in white capitals with red shadowing.