McLoughlin Brothers

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[title TIDDLEDY
WINKS]

McLoughlin Bros.
New York.

The cover shows a lady's hand at upper right with a frilly cuff, shooting a wink towards a serrated clear pot at lower left, with lines radiating from it.

tiddlywinks

In one copy, leaflet (4 sides)

"Copyrighted, 1890, by McLoughlin Bros." "THE GAME" "TIDDLEDY WINKS"

4⅝ inches wide — 4⅝ inches high — 1¾ inches deep

11.7 cm wide — 11.7 cm high — 4.4 cm deep

Label: "TIDDLEDY" in blue (darker at bottom of letters, lighter at top) with black outline, "WINKS" in red (darker in right letters and near bottom).

A lady's hand at upper right is holding a red shooter on a blue wink; she has a ring on and a frilly cuff.

A clear serrated glass cup appears at lower left, with a blue, green, and red wink at rest inside it plus a red one entering into it. A red wink is to the left of the cup, and a green one is in the air to the cup's upper right.

The cup is surrounded by a white area and then radiating yellow and orange/red lines at bottom and light blue lines at top.

offwhite with silver diagonals & red splotches

silver diagonals with red splotches

In several copies, a clear glass cup (1 3/4" in diameter, 1 1/2" tall).

In copy 2, a nonshiny natural wooden cup (2" top diamter, 1 3/4" bottom diameter) with 2 double rings around sides, which are otherwise straight.

In one copy (copy 3), the following squidgers and winks are present: extra large (1 1/4"): 1 extra-dark-blue, 1 dark blue. Large bone (1 1/16"): 1 white, 1 brown. Small bone (5/8): 2 brown, 6 white, 4 pale green, 5 red. Small nonbone (5/8"): 3 burnt sienna brown, 3 extra-dark-blue, 3 dark-blue, 1 1/2 dark brown.

In copy 4, the following squidgers and winks are present:

Bone squidger (1" in diameter): 1 white, 1 pale red, 1 medium purple, 1 light brown.

Bone winks (5/8" in diameter): 3 white, 6 red mottled, 1 dark purple, 6 green with splotches, 5 dark blue.

In copy 1, the following squidgers and winks are present:

Bone squidger (1 1/16" in diameter): 1 offwhite, 1 medium brown, 1 faded red.

Bone winks (5/8" in diameter): 5 white, 4 red, 4 dark red, 5 dark green, 2 medium brown.

In copy 2, the following squidgers and winks are present:

Bone squidger (1" in diameter): 1 offwhite, 1 brown, 1 red, 1 yellow.

Bone winks (5/8" in diameter): 6 white, 6 red, 6 yellow, 5 brown, 1 thick pale green.

In copy 5, the following squidgers and winks are present:

Bone squidger (1" in diameter): 1 offwhite, 1 yellow; (15/16" diameter): 1 faded purple, 1 very faded green.

Bone winks (5/8" in diameter): 7 white, 6 purple (some faded), 5 yellow, 5 very faded green.