Three Little Kittens THE NEW TIDLEY WINK GAME

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1909 Spear trade catalog, page 10

Spear Series (on cover, on rules)

J. W. S. & S. (on cover)

Bavaria

5076 (not marked on game)

"SPEAR SERIES" on dagger (on cover, rules)

(none)

England

«Three Little Kittens»

THE NEW
TIDLEY WINK
GAME

Designed in England

«SPEAR SERIES»

J. W. S. & S. BAVARIA

cat, kitten

label under box lid

"THREE LITTLE KITTENS. A new Flipping Game played with bone counters."

cardboard box

11 ¼ inches wide — 9 ½ inches high — 1 3/16 inches deep

70.5 cm wide — 115.6 cm high — 2.1 cm deep

Top label: white border and interior black frame. Blue background at top; gray-white at bottom. "Three Little Kittens" in red with white outline. Spoon between "Three" and "Little". Bell hanging from "s" in "Kittens". "THE NEW" above "TIDLEY WINK" above "GAME" in black, all below "Kittens". Below are three kittens; the left one is wearing a pink ribbon around neck; the center one with a yellow ribbon, and the right white kitten with a light blue ribbon.

At lower left: "Designed in England" (in black).

At bottom center: the logo "SPEAR" above "SERIES" on a dagger.

At lower right: "J. W. S. & S. BAVARIA".

red

rules label with an advertisement for Piggeries

red, no design

light brown overlabel, empty

The target is a stand-up cardboard piece ( 10 /16" maximum width, 7 1/4" maximum height, 7/8" deep) depicting three cats (white/gray, blue/black, white/gray), each with a hole (a single-curved bottom and double-curved top) for a mouth as an unnumbered game target, plus each with 2 holes (curved top, flat bottom) at each paw. The leftmost cat's paw targets are marked "6" and "3"; the center one's, "2" and "4"; and the right one, "1" and "5". The backing of the piece is a dull red.

Copy 1 of this game includes the following:

1 squidger (1 1/4" diameter): white, green, yellow, black.

Winks (5/8"): 4 white, 3 green, 4 yellow, 2 red, 2 black, 2 purple.

Copy 2 of this game includes the following:

1 squidger (1 1/8" diameter): yellow, yellowish-white, dark blue, green, black, dull red.

Winks (5/8" diameter): 3 yellow, 4 yellowish-white, 4 dark blue, 4 green, 3 black, 5 red.

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