McLoughlin Bro's

(no catalog number shown on game)

[none]

[title IMPROVED GAME
TIDDLEDY
WINKS]

PATENT PENDING

McLoughlin Bro's New-York

Frog smoking pipe; Patent Pending; blue sides

frog, pipe, patent pending, animal, tiddlywinks

(no rules present in games examined)

8 inches wide — 4⅜ inches high — 1⅝ inches deep

20.3 cm wide — 11.1 cm high — 4.1 cm deep

Label: teal border, yellow background at top above the curved device that the winks are standing on.

"IMPROVED GAME" in red at top center, dark brown at bottom, with black outline.

Each of the letters of "TIDDLEDY" appears on a wink (black outline, color, black inner circle, color inside) each with a color (blue, orange, red, green, orange, blue, red, and green). Each wink has legs and is standing on curved device.

"PATENT PENDING" appears in light blue below the curved device line, on a light blue (sky) background. Each letter in it is connected to the curved device with a small black line.

A frog (sitting on half-fence, wearing red pants) is smoking pipe and holding a long yellow fishing pole with line.

To the right of the frog and below "PATENT PENDING", "WINKS" appears in yellow with black shadow on a red rectangular banner held to a wooden frame that interconnects with the fence.

"McLoughlin Bro's New-York" appears starting at center-bottom.

dark blue, partially worn in places

Dark blue, empty

offwhite, empty

1 natural wooden cup (2" diameter at top, 1 3/4" at bottom, 1 3/8" tall) with shiny outside and nonshiny inside, with 2 double rings around sides.

One copy (copy 1) of this game includes the following squidgers and winks:

Bone squidgers (1 1/8"): 1 orange, 1 brown, 1 white, 1 dark red, 1 dark green, 1 blue.

Bone winks (11/16"): 6 orange, 6 brown, 7 white, 4 red, 6 bright green, 6 blue.

Another copy (copy 3) of this game includes the following squidgers and winks:

Bone squidgers (1 1/8"): 1 orange, 1 brown, 1 white, 1 red, 1 dark blue.

Bone winks (11/16"): 1 orange, 2 brown, 5 white, 1 red.

In additional, nonoriginal cardboard discs are present.