TIDDLEWINK KITTENS

The Irish Free State eas established in December 1922. Separately, "Tiddlywink Kittens" appears in an advertisement by Crofton's Christmas Bazaar, in Shields Daily News, 18 November 1921, page 2, column 1 [link https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001168/19211118/036/0002]

The Chad Valley Games (cover)

The "Chad Valley" Games (rules)

(no catalog number shown on game)

"The CHAD VALLEY Games" above "REGD. TRADE MARK" in long oval with concave corners (on cover)

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«The CHAD VALLEY Games
REGD. TRADE MARK»

MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND

«TIDDLEWINK
KITTENS»

"CHAD VALLEY"
Regd. Trade Mark
in Gt. Britain & N. Ireland, Irish
Free State, Germany, France,
U.S.A., Union of South Africa,
Australia and New Zealand.

Two kittens with lots of winks

Same cover as UNK-37

cat, kitten

printed under box lid

"TIDDLEWINK KITTENS. A NEW TIDDLEWINKS GAME played by Flipping Counters."

cardboard box

7 ⅜ inches wide — 8 ¾ inches high — 1 7/16 inches deep

23.2 cm wide — 52.7 cm high — 2.7 cm deep

The top label has a blue outer border, black inner border, red background.

The logo, "The CHAD VALLEY Games" above "REGD. TRADE MARK" in a long oval with concave corners, appears at top, in black, left of center.

A upper right is "MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND." (black)

The title, "TIDDLEWINK" above "KITTENS" (green serifed letterd with black outline) appears below the above near the top.

At right below "KITTENS", the following text appears (in black): |"CHAD VALLEY"| above "Regd. Trade Mark" above "in Gt. Britain & N. Ireland, Irish" above "Free State, Germany, France," above "U.S.A., Union of South Africa," above "Australia and New Zealand."

Below is a brown/tan kitten with blue eyes looking forward, and another smaller one looking to left. Many winks of various colors are flying in the air in front of them.

red

printed rules on light brown

Red with no design.

red box bottom wraparound label, empty

The cardboard target (7 1/16" wide by 7 1/2" high maximum by 1" dep) depicts two cats with holes (7/8" in diameter) beneath them on a red background. The target is connected to other cardboard pieces to allow it to stand up vertically. The left cat (black with yellow eyes) is larger than the right cat (yellow/beige with blue-green eyes). Each cat's smiling mouth is cut out as an additional target for shooting winks through. Above the holes, over the bottoms of the cats, are the numerical values for shooting a wink through the round holes on the red backbround. From left to right, they are "2", "4", "1", and "5" (in red with black outline).

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (3/4" in diameter, quality plastic with no burrs, shiny): 1 dark blue, 1 yellow, 1 green, and 1 red.

Winks (1/2" in diameter, bone, nonshiny): 3 medium blue, 3 bluish green, 2 red, and 2 bright yellow.

Wink (5/8" in diameter, cheap plastic with a burr, shiny): 1 yellow.

Copy 2 includes:

Squidgers (13/16" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 yellow and 1 red.

Squidger (3/4" diameter, bone, not shiny): 1 deep green.

Squidger (3/4" diameter, plastic, no burrs, not shiny): 1 dark blue.

Winks (1/2" in diameter, bone, nonshiny): 3 medium blue, 3 green, 3 red, and 3 bright yellow.

Rick Tucker