HORSMAN'S TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED.

cover

© 1890 E. I. Horsman Jr.

On cover: "PATENTED DEC. 9, 1890.".

E. I. Horsman Jr.

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«HORSMAN'S»

TRADE
MARK

«TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS
AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED.»

PATENTED DEC. 9, 1890.

COPYRIGHTED BY E.I. HORSMAN JR. 1890.

The game is in a cardboard box, which is patented "DEC. 9", in a dark red box.

HOR-01v1 (same cover illustration, but in a cardboard box);
HOR-06 (same cover illustration, but in a box framed in wood)

E. I. Horsman Jr. (copyright)

tennis

$1.00 (Youth's Companion, E. I. Horsman advertisement, 20 November 1890, page 636, column 2)

leaflet (8 pages)

TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS
TRADE MARK
COPYRIGHT 1890, E. I. HORSMAN, JR.

cardboard box

10 ⅜ inches wide — 6 ¾ inches high — 2 1/16 inches deep

32.7 cm wide — 40 cm high — 3.3 cm deep

A label is attached to the box cover that has dull brownish monochrome text and monochrome illustrations.

"HORSMAN'S" appears at upper left with a very tall "H". Below it at left is "TRADE" in a curve above "MARK" at left center. "TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS" is at bottom, with a very tall first "T". On a banner below, the following text appears in smaller characters: "AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED." Below that is "PATENTED DEC. 9, 1890." at left and "COPYRIGHTED BY E. I. HORSMAN JR. 1890." at lower right.

A table at the center label shows a tennis mat and net from the game's contents. A man at left (black suit, mustache) is holding a squidger with his right hand, and is leaning than hand on the edge of the table.

To the right is a woman (wearing an outfit with a light sash around neck) looking on with her hands under the table.

To the right is a man (dark suit, light shirt, and bowtie, mustache) in the right rear corner looking on. To his right is a woman (wearing an outfit with a V-neck) holding a light-colored squidger on the mat.

red

red

cardboard and red label on edges

Felt mat, 16 1/8" x 8 5/8" x 1/8", marked "HORSMAN'S TENNIS" on both ends in red. Outer background is yellow, then red line, then white line. Inside that are markings for a tennis court in green, separated by white lines.

One cardboard net, 8 5/8" wide and between 1 1/4" and1 3/8" high, about 1/8" thick. Two turned, finished natural wood stands for ends of net, shaped like chess bishops, 2" tall, 1 1/8" diameter semicircle base, 3/8" at top.

Black shiny painted wooden cup (1 7/8" diameter at top and bottom, concave sides with minimum diameter of 1 1/2", 1 3/8" tall)

One copy (copy 1) contains the following:

1 squidger (1 1/8" diameter): black, very worn light blue, worn yellow, very worn green, darkened offwhite, and broken red.

Winks (5/8"): 6 black, 6 blues with various levels of wear, 6 yellow, 6 pale green, 6 red, and 6 offwhite.

One copy (copy 2) contains the following:

1 squidger (1 3/8" diameter); red, yellow, faded/worn blue, and offwhite.

Winks (5/8"): 6 red, 6 yellow, 7 blues of various shades and wear, and 6 offwhite.

cup

Rick Tucker

18 September 1890 · American Stationer · page 691 · note: Illustration of game cover. · (periodical)

Bruce Whitehill, Games, American Boxed Games and Their Makers, 1822-1992, With Values, Radnor, Pennsylvania: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, © 1992, page 93 with illustration of cover.