Game of TIDDLE DY WINKS

Chaffee & Selchow

leaflet

"RULES FOR PLAYING THE GAME OF TIDDLEDY WINKS"

box

4 ⅞ inches wide — 4 inches high — 1 ¾ inches deep

14.9 cm wide — 10.2 cm high — 8.3 cm deep

The label attached to the box cover has a green border.

"Game of" appears in black; then "TIDDLE DY WINKS" is in red with a black outline, all in a yellow rectangle.

An ornate blue oval frames the center illustration of a yellow table with 4 men and 2 women, dressed up. At center is a wide green "dish".

dark blue

Dark blue with no design.

red wooden cup (1 3/4" diameter at top, 1 5/8" at bottom, 1 3/8" tall)

Bone. Large (7/8"): 1 white, 1 yellow, 1 faded orange/red. Small (5/8"): 4 white, 4 blue, 3 yellow, 2 red. Thin warped ivory small (5/8"): 1 white. Cardboard small (5/8"): 1 yellow

Rick Tucker

Bruce Whitehill, Games, American Boxed Games and Their Makers, 1822-1992, With Values, Radnor, Pennsylvania: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, © 1992, plate 2 and page 79.