Jumbo TIDDLEDY WINKS

J. Pressman

397

text: J. PRESSMAN & CO., Inc., New York

elephant

50 cents

(no rules present in games examined)

cardboard box

11 ¼ inches wide — 11 ¼ inches high — 2 inches deep

70.5 cm wide — 70.5 cm high — 5.1 cm deep

Yellow background. "Jumbo" in light blue with dark blue outline. "TIDDLEDY WINKS" in red with dark blue outline. Light blue elephant at left sitting in large tub with 5 large winks in air

yellow background. 2: blue elephant + "JUMBO Tiddledy Winks". 2: "TIDDLEDY JUMBO WINKS"

large glass cup, 3 tiers from top to bottom (2 3/4" top diameter, 1 5/8" bottom diameter, 1 3/4" tall). Target area in box bottom is slanted 4-sided pyramid with cup at center, with slots for shooter and winks

Plastic, no burrs, matte. Very large (1 15/16"): 1 yellow, 1 blue, 1 red. Large (1 5/16"): 4 yellow, 4 blue, 3 red, 3 white. (Other winks (from other set?): Large non-bone (7/8"): 1 white mottled with red, 1 yellow. Large bone (7/8"): 1 red, 1 white, 1 blue. Small non-bone (5/8"): 1 white mottled with red, 2 red, 1 blue, 2 yellow. Small bone (5/8"): 4 red. Very large wood (1 1/2") 1 red. "10 Toy Money" (3/4"): 1 silver on one side).

Rick Tucker

Bruce Whitehill, Games, American Boxed Games and Their Makers, 1822-1992, With Values, Radnor, Pennsylvania: Wallace-Homestead Book Company, © 1992, page 121.