Game Information
E. I. Horsman (publisher) AGPI # · P-488Full Publisher Info
Tiddledy Winks (game title) AGPI # · G-30665
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
HOR-08v1
Title Source · 
cover
Title, Preserving Case

TIDDLEDY WINKS.

Title Language · 
English
Publisher Name on Game

E. I. Horsman (rules)

Publisher Catalog #

25 (popular edition)

Cover Text

«TIDDLEDY WINKS.»

Game Type · 
Number of Players · 
any (2 or 4 is best)
Price

25 cents

Rules Format

leaflet (4 sides)

Rules Overview

[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.

[...]

Container Type

cardboard box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

3 ⅞ inches wide — 3 inches high — 1 13/16 inches deep

11.7 cm wide — 7.6 cm high — 17.9 cm deep

Cover Description

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.

Underlabel Description

vertical lines, alternating medium brown and black

Inside Box Lid

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

Apron Descriptions

vertical lines, alternating medium brown and black

Box Bottom Description

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

Contents

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.

Tiddlywinks Felt · 
(No felt present in copies examined.)
Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

Database Update Date · 
2025-04-14 20:15:10

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