Game Information

E. I. Horsman (rules)

25 (popular edition)

[title TIDDLEDY WINKS.]

tiddlywinks

leaflet (4 sides)

[side 1] The New Round Game.

[illustration of game cover]

TIDDLEDY WINKS

No. 100. Fine Edition, with Bone cup, each, $1.00
50. Standard " - - - - - " 50
25. Popular " - - - - - " 25

PUBLISHED BY
E. I. HORSMAN,
80 & 82 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK.

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3⅞ inches wide — 3 inches high — 1 13/16 inches deep

9.8 cm wide — 7.6 cm high — 4.6 cm deep

Label, monochrome. White outer border. Black line enclosing main illustration, with indented round corners.

Mustachioed man at left, then woman, boy facing away to left, then girl, all seated at a table playing. "TIDDLEDY WINKS." at bottom on white background inset.

The illustration background is "grayed" out: a chair at left, mantel with clock and vases at rear, and curtain and a chair to right.

vertical lines, alternating medium brown and black

One copy (copy 1) has an advertisement for Horsman's Tiddledy Wink Tennis and Tiddledy Winks Combined

vertical lines, alternating medium brown and black

gray plus the edges of a label with vertical lines, alternating medium brown and black.

Glossy black painted wooden cup (1 7/8" top and bottom diameter, concave on sides with 1 1/2" diameter minimum) with two rings at the protruding base. The bottom shows marks from turning on a lathe.

One copy (copy 1) contains the following:

1 clay squidger (1 1/4" diameter, about 1/8" thick): green, red, and dark blue.

Clay winks (5/8" diameter, about 1/16" thick): 6 green, 6 red, 6 dark blue, 6 yellow.

1 bone squidger (1 1/4" diameter, less than 1/16" thick): word red.

Nonoriginal injection-molded plastic wink (5/8" diameter): 1 medium blue.