TIDLEYWINKS

The "Chad Valley" Games (on cover)

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«TIDLEYWINKS»

THE "CHAD VALLEY" GAMES.

REGISTERED
COPYRIGHT

MADE AT
HARBORNE
ENGLAND

Mauchline box; 4 clowns playing game on green table

Four clowns at table

CVG-31 (Mauchline box, similar cover illustration and contents, by Chad Valley);
ALN-01 (Mauchline box, similar cover illustration and contents, by Alliance Series)

Mauchline, clown

offwhite label under box lid

"RULES FOR PLAYING THE Game of "TIDLEYWINKS."

Mauchline natural wooden box with hinge at top

4 11/16 inches wide — 3 9/16 inches high — 2 ½ inches deep

65.2 cm wide — 6.2 cm high — 26.7 cm deep

The top label has a black border and an orange background at top above a green-topped table where the game is played. "TIDLEYWINKS" (in light blue with black outline) appears at top over the orange background, with the "T" larger than the remaining letters, and a slight concave-down baseline for the left part of the title.

Four clowns appear around a green-topped table with a cup and winks. The leftmost clown is wearing a green vest and red striped pants. The frontmost clown is wearing dark green striped pants and a red top (with spots and chevrons). The rightmost clown has his right hand to hhis ead. The rearmost clown has his hand over his mouth.

// THE "CHAD VALLEY" GAMES // (in black) appears at bottom, left of center.

"MADE AT" above "HARBORNE" above "ENGLAND" (black) appears at lower right.

natural wood

offwhite rules label

natural wood, empty

red

The game includes 1 die (3/8" cube) with white faces and black pips.

The game includes a high-quality, shiny finished, dark brown turned wooden cup (2" top diameter, 1 7/8" bottom diameter) with nearly straight angled sides and a protuding base; the minimum diameter just above the base is 1 3/8" diameter. The underside of the cup has thick green felt.

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (1 3/32" diameter, bone): 1 faded/eroded red, 1 faintly yellowish offwhite, 1 faded/eroded faintly pinkish red, 1 faintly yellowish offwhite, 1 white, 1 eroded blue.

Winks (21/32" diameter, bone): 4 deep red, 6 dirty yellow, 4 teal-green, 5 pink, 5 white, 4 medium blue.

Winks (19/32" diameter): 2 dull medium green, 1 dirty white, 1 dull pink, 1 red.

Three nonoriginal round pieces of cardboard are included: 1 red, 1 dull pale blue, and 1 blue, in two widths.

Rick Tucker