TIDLEY WINKS

GC11-2024-10-08

The "Chad Valley" Games (on cover, rules)

(no catalog number shown on game)

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

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«TIDLEY
WINKS»

«The "CHAD VALLEY" Games
REGD. TRADE MARK»

MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND

The square box has a predominantly black background. The cover shows the letters of "TIDLEY" over "WINKS" appearing on various colored circles, with a green pot with a narrower top than bottom in the middle. There is no notch on the long aprons of the box top. No cup was present in Copy 1.

The cover has a red background with a black and red border. White cup.

[similar CVG-38 CVG-24v WBK-01]

printed under box lid

"Rules for the Game of TIDLEYWINKS."

cardboard box

6 ⅞ inches wide — 6 ⅞ inches high — 1 ½ inches deep

21.3 cm wide — 21.3 cm high — 14 cm deep

The wraparound label has a red outer border, then white. The main background is black.

At top is "TIDLEY" with each letter on a different colored wink (light blue, medium green, dark blue, red, medium green, yellow), on a concave-down curve. Below is a green cup that is wider at the bottom than top, and concave on the sides. A yellow line is shown across the center behind the green cup. Below is "WINKS" with each letter on a different colored wink (yellow, green, red, blue, and green), on a concave-up curve.

At lower left: the logo, "The" then |"CHAD VALLEY"| then "Games" over "REGD. TRADE MARK" (in black) within a white oval.

At lower right: "MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND" (in black) within a white rectangle.

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printed rules on offwhite

All aprons have a red background at top and bottom, with black horizontal rectangles between.

Top and bottom aprons: "TIDLEY WINKS" with letters in black on various colored winks, with a blank yellow wink between the "Y" and "W".

Left and right aprons: 9 winks in various colors at various angles.

red leatherette overlabel on box bottom

The rectangular cardboard target in the box bottom has 6 radially-marked areas: "1" on red circle in yellow sector, "5" on yellow circle in blue sector, "2" on light blue circle on red sector, "4" on blue circle in yellow circle, "3" on orange circle in green sector, and "6" on red circle in light blue sector, each with a 8-sided black star around the circle. The center of the target has a 1 7/8" diameter hole at center for a cup.

Copy 1 includes no cup.

Yes (included but not counted or measured).

Rick Tucker