Bagatello

Bagatello, manufactured in 1936 by the Exhibit Supply Company (ESCO) of Chicago, is a single-player electro-mechanical machine notable for its ticket-printing mechanism, which dispensed a printed ticket showing the player's score. The game also included a tilt mechanism, a bell, and dry-cell batteries for power.

As a 1936 release, Bagatello predates the invention of the flipper by more than a decade, so its ball control relied on plunger launches, tilting, and gravity rather than flipper-based shot-making — a hallmark of the pre-flipper era of pinball design.

Details about Bagatello's designer, artwork, and specific theme are not well documented. Its ticket-printing feature and dry-cell power supply nonetheless make it an interesting technical artifact of mid-1930s pinball.