Game Information

Due to Irish Free State listed on cover.

The Chad Valley Games (on apron)

The "Chad Valley" Games (on rules)

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[title TIDLEYWINKS]

"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.

The cover has a blue background and shows "TIDLEYWINKS" in white on a black banner. A "Regd. Trade Mark" notice appears on the cover. The rules are given in both English and French. The box bottom's wraparound label is dark blue.

tiddlywinks

printed under box lid

"Rules for Playing the Game of Tidleywinks". "REGLE DU JEU. Jeu de TIDLEYWINKS."

5½ inches wide — 4 3/16 inches high — 1 15/16 inches deep

14 cm wide — 10.6 cm high — 4.9 cm deep

The wraparound label has a border of orange/black stripes plus a black inner outline. The main cover art has a blue background. "TIDLEY WINKS" appears in white on a black marquee with a wavy yellow border and black outer border. A light-yellow cup is shown at bottom center, with 6 winks around it.

At left, below the title: |"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." (all in black on the dark blue background).

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printed rules on medium gray

Long aprons (top and bottom): orange/black line outer border, then a black inner outline, inside which is inset light blue/blue rectangle showing 2 hands and 2 cups. A notch is present at the bottom of each long apron.

Left short apron: same background, same inset colors: "THE CHAD VALLEY GAMES" (in blue).

Right short apron: same but "HARBORNE, ENGLAND" (in blue).

dark blue textured label

Copy 1 includes 3 white die with black pips in two sizes, 3 wooden game pieces, and a cardboard letter "B"; it is likely that none are original to the game.

Copy 1 includes:

A natural wooden cup (1 7/8" top diameter, concave sides, no black ring above protruding base, 1 3/8" diameter just above protruding base, 1 7/8" bottom diameter) is slightly shiny on the sides but not inside or on the bottom.

A natural wooden cup (1 15/16" top diameter, straight but angled sides to base, 1 5/8" bottom diameter) that is slightly shiny except on the bottom.

Copy 1 includes a large number of bone and plastic (quality and cheap) winks in a variety of sizes. Most are round but some are rectangular.