TIDDLEDY WINKS

Due to similarity of cover illustration to a McLoughlin Bros. square box game, since Milton Bradley bought McLoughlin Bros. in 1920.

Milton Bradley Co.

4287

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4287

MILTON BRADLEY CO.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A.

On the cover, a lady's hand is shown at upper right, with a clear cup appearing at center left with a sunburst around it. The cover has a red border. It has no "MADE IN USA" marking. The publisher catalog number 4287 is shown on the game. The game contents include red wood bowling pins. The box label has a wraparound top and aprons.

Hand with frilly sleeve at upper right; cup with sunburst around; numerous winks in air and in clear cup; tenpins; “MILTON BRDALEY CO.” (misspelled) on cover.

BRA-12v1 (cover illustration identical); MCL-17 (cover illustration identical)

bowling

print under box lid

"4287 TIDDLEDY WINKS"

Vertical cardboard box.

5 ¼ inches wide — 6 ⅛ inches high — 1 ⅞ inches deep

32.4 cm wide — 19.4 cm high — 5.4 cm deep

The cover has a pea-green background.

A lady's hand (with ring and frilly clothing) appears at upper right. A serrated glass-like cup is shown at lower left with yellow lines radiating out like the sun.

"TIDDLEDY" appears in blue at an angle at top, then "WINKS" in red, broadening to the right, all on a pink outer background.

anthropomorphic winks

cylindrical glass cup (1 3/4" diameter, 1 1/2" tall), 10 red-painted wooden pins (1 11/16" tall, ~ 1/2" diameter)

large (7/8"): 1 white, 1 formerly yellow, 1 dark blue, 1 faded red; small (5/8"): 3 red, 4 blue, 3 "white" marked with a purple marker, 4 white

Rick Tucker