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Ernest Sewell (publisher) AGPI # · P-3243Full Publisher Info
The Ernest Sewell  Tiddlytennis (game) AGPI # · G-29974
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
SEW-01
Title Source · 
cover
Title, Preserving Case · 
The Ernest Sewell "TIDDLYTENNIS"
Title Language · 
English
Date · 
1936 
Additional dates · 
around 1952
Publisher Name on Game

Ernest Sewell

Publisher Mark

red and silver (or gold) metal foil sticker: "THE ERNEST SEWELL SERIES", a crown, and "CROWNED WITH SUCCESS" (on cover)

Cover Text

(Prov. Pat. 22857/35)

The new and popular Game for two, four or more players.

A Game crowded with interest and amusement for young or old.

BRITISH MANUFACTURE.

THE ERNEST SEWELL SERIES . CROWNED WITH SUCCESS

Made In Location Marked · 
British Manufacture
Game Type · 
tiddlywinks
Keywords

tennis

Number of Players · 
2, 4, or more
Price · 
7 shillings 7 pence (around 1952, from catalog)
Rules Format

label under box lid

Rules Overview

"RULES FOR THE GAME OF "TIDDLYTENNIS""

Container Type · 
cardboard box
Container Size · (measured in inches)

15½ inches wide — 4⅛ inches high — 1⅞ inches deep

39.4 cm wide — 10.5 cm high — 4.8 cm deep

Cover Description

Green background with white at edges. Label: off white with black/white/green wavy border. "The Ernest Sewell" at right in black, above "TIDDLYTENNIS" in quotes and in greeen. Rest of cover text in black. Inset at left in black of girl and man playing at table with tennis net and court; another girl and man are looking on.

Apron Descriptions

green, empty

Contents

Enclosed sheet "THE WORLD'S GREATEST 1936 CRAZE!" with excerpts from the Daily Telegraph (21 Feb 1936, "THE DUKE OF KENT PRAISES B.I.F. EXHIBITS"), and the Daily Sketch (21 Feb 1936, "BOYS DEMONSTRATE GAME")

Tiddlywinks Targets

15 3/4" x 28 1/4" tennis court (linen, not felt). 12" x 2" cloth and mesh net with metal wire inserts at top & bottom. Net attached to two wooden stands, painted white with green X where rod ( 2 5/8") meets square base (1 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1" tall)

Winks

Bone: 2 small (5/8") red. Plastic: 1 large (1") green, 4 small (5/8") red

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(No felt present in copies examined.)
In Collection · 
Rick Tucker
Database Update Date · 
2021-04-16 13:06:19
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