Game Information

Parker Brothers Incorporated

(no catalog number shown on game)

[none]

[title HOP SCOTCH
TIDDLEDY WINKS]

PARKER BROTHERS
INCORPORATED
SALEM, MASS., NEW YORK
AND LONDON

Cover: red overall box background, with gold lettering but no illustrations

hop scotch, tiddlywinks

white sheet (1 side)

"DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYING THE POPULAR GAME OF Hop Scotch Tiddledy Winks"

10¼ inches wide — 6⅝ inches high — 2 inches deep

26 cm wide — 16.8 cm high — 5.1 cm deep

184.0 grams

6.5 ounces

The cover has a red background with plain gold lettering, but no illustrations. The outer frame (wide gold, then red background inside, then narrow gold) around the cover has rounded corners.

"HOP SCOTCH" appears above "TIDDLEDY WINKS" in italic, above a decorative device.

Below, a flower-like decorative device is shown at both left and right around the following: "PARKER BROTHERS" above "INCORPORATED" above "SALEM, MASS., AND NEW YORK," above "AND LONDON.".

(same as box background)

The cylindrical glossy black-painted wooden cup (1 7/8" top diameter, 1 5/8" bottom diameter, 1 1/2" tall) has a concave sides and a two-tier protruding base.

The playing surface is a medium yellow felt pad (8 1/2" x 16 3/4") marked "HOP SCOTCH" at top, weighing around 20 grams. It has a red border with a black dental design inside the border along all sides of the mat. A filled-in red circle (inside a black circle) is marked at bottom, indicating the starting point for shooting a wink. The mat is marked in areas as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in a hop scotch layout, from bottom to top. The numbers on the felt mat have extra curly tops; they are also typical in width for this title; for example, the widest part of the "8" is 1/2" wide.