Knips-Spiel Tiddledy Winks

Snap-Game Tiddledy Winks

(no publisher name on game)

«Knips-Spiel
Tiddledy
Winks»

sheet

"Knipps-Spiel.
(Tiddledy-Winks)" [rules in German]

"Tiddledy-Winks." [rules in French]

"Wip-Spel." [rules in Dutch]

German

French

Dutch

cardboard box

4 ⅝ inches wide — 3 ¼ inches high — 2 inches deep

14.3 cm wide — 19.7 cm high — 5.1 cm deep

The top label has an offwhite outer border, then a double red line border, with a very pale green background inside.

"Knips-Spiel" appears starting at left-center in a red/green color range above "Tiddledy Winks (with "s" crossing "k") in dark red/orange, each on a connected white diagonal (from lower left to upper right) dual banner with curled edges at bottom and cut-outs at lower left and upper right.

light blue outer border

Red, empty, with blue at top.

The game includes a natural wooden cup, glossy on the side, semigloss inside the cup, and unfinished at the bottom. It measures 1 3/4" diameter at top, 1 1/2" in diameter at bottom, and 1 1/2" tall. The side is slightly convex. The base is two notches wider than the bottom of the side.

The squidgers appear to be made of vegetable ivory, and one is provided in each of the following colors: black, yellow, dull red, dull orange, very pale green, and dark blue.

The winks also appear to be made of vegetable ivory, and 8 are provided in each of the following colors: blac, yellow, red, dull orange, dull green, and dark purple.

Rick Tucker