Game Information

1935: cover

1939: The W. Bingham Co. catalog, 13 July 1939, page 1362, column 1

Milton Bradley Co.

4455

(none)

[title]

4455

MADE IN U.S.A.

Copyright MCMXXXV BY MILTON BRADLEY CO., SPRINGFIELD, MASS., U.S.A.

The cover shows winks being shot at pins like bowling balls. The 4455S publisher catalog number appears to the right of the title on the rules.

bowling, tiddlywinks

print under box lid

"TIDDLEDY WINKS 4455 S"

12⅛ inches wide — 7 inches high — 1⅝ inches deep

30.8 cm wide — 17.8 cm high — 4.1 cm deep

Medium blue background at lower left. "Tiddledy Winks" in yellow at top with letters akimbo. At lower left: girl (green top, blue shorts, cylindrical hat of red, white, blue) & boy (red top, white shorts, triangular hat of blue and red edging), shooting big winks at big red bowling pins on numbered target (depicting actual target in box). "5" in black with blue outline on yellow serrated circle at right. "different games complete in white script on black triangular corner background.

dark blue background. 2 aprons: "Tiddledy Winks" in yellow with black outline, with 4 winks. 2: "5 GAMES" in yellow with black outline, "different games" in white, with 4 winks.

3 orange wooden bowling balls (3/4"):

Glass cylindrical cup (1 7/8" diameter, 1 1/2" tall). Cardboard target with whitle inner circle (with blue dots and red sector separators) and sectors marked in light blue with numbers (5, 10, 15). Outer sectors are green, red, and light blue. Wooden bowling pins (2 3/8" tall, ~5/8" diameter) are shaped like chess bishops: 2 dark green, 2 orange, 2 red, 2 yellow, 2 dark blue.

Plastic, convexoconcave, no burrs. Large (7/8"): 1 white, 1 red, 1 dark blue, 1 yellow. Small (5/8"): 3 white, 3 red, 3 dark blue, 3 yellow