THE NEW GAME of "Flitterkins."

GC11-2024-10-08

Copy 3 has the following label under box lid: "FLITTERKINS.", "H. C. WILSON, PATENTEE.".

J. Jaques & Son

UK

«THE NEW
GAME of
"Flitterkins."»

BY LETTERS
PATENT

TRADE MARK

PUBLISHED BY
J. JAQUES & SON, LONDON

cardboard box

Tennis net.

H. C. Wilson (patentee)

tennis, net

1 shilling

2 shillings 6 pence

5 shillings 6 pence

7 shillings 6 pence

12 shillings 6 pence

20 shillings

leaflet (offwhite, 4 sides)

cardboard box

4 ¾ inches wide — 2 ⅞ inches high — 1 ⅝ inches deep

27.3 cm wide — 8.6 cm high — 4.8 cm deep

78.0 grams

2.8 ounces

Label with red outer border, then black line.

|"Flitterkins."| in script on diagonal from lower left to upper right on white background. At upper left: "THE NEW" above "GAME of" (in black) on light blue background.

At lower right is an inset circle showing a hand shooting a wink over a net on a light blue background. The circle itself is over and above a red bar on which "By LETTERS PATENT" appears on a diagonal.

Small slivers of red appear to left of the |"Flitterkins."| diagonal and above at center.

"TRADE" above "MARK" (in black) is shown at lower left.

"PUBLISHED By" above "J. JAQUES & SON, LONDON." at bottom center-to-right (in black).

dark blue with criss-cross yellow lines, with slight grooved lines.

2 finely turned natural wooden net holders, 3 3/8" tall, with 1 1/2" round base and 1/2" round top. Hole is in top of each for tying the ends of the net.

Net is approximately 2 1/2" tall, in white mesh with white across top.

One edition of this game comes with the following bone squidgers (1 1/4" in diameter): 2 red, 2 blue; and bone winks (5/8" in diameter): 1 red, 1 white; and a semiround piece of marking chalk for marking the tennis court on a cloth surface.

Rick Tucker

Rules sheet with JAQ-07

Shown on rules leaflet of JAQ-02v2