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Spear's Games (on cover, rules)

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"SPEAR'S GAMES" in oval (on cover, rules)

[title SPEAR'S
COMPENDIUM OF
TIDLEY WINKS]

BRITISH MANUFACTURE
SKITTLES FOREIGN

TRADEMARK REGISTERED IN

[logo SPEAR'S GAMES]

GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA

The cover (in black) and aprons (in red) have "SPEAR'S" over "COMPENDIUM OF" over "TIDLEY WINKS" at top. British Manufacture, designed in England. © 1930.

tiddlywinks, Dutch shoe, shoe, compendium, bowling

printed under box lid

"SPEAR'S COMPENDIUM OF TIDLEY WINKS."

English rules for 4 games are described: "Skittlewinks", "Dutch Tidley Winks", "Target Tidley Winks" and "Tidley Winks".

7 3/16 inches wide — 7 3/16 inches high — 1¾ inches deep

18.3 cm wide — 18.3 cm high — 4.4 cm deep

The top label has a white outer border then black line border. The illustration is partitioned into four quadrants, some smaller, some larger.

The upper left quadrant has a yellow background and depicts 10 red bowling pins, some upright, some sideways, amidst a variety of winks.

The upper right quadrant has a light green background and depicts a light brown natural wood cup with tapered but not concave sides. A variety of winks are also shown, none squopping.

The lower left quadrant has a red background and depicts a light brown natural wood Dutch shoe with a green wink in it. A hand appears at lower left, holding a blue squidger in the right hand on a yellow wink that is on a rectangular green shooting surface. An assortment of winks are also shown.

The lower right quadrant has a blue background and depicts a concentric circle numbered (with "1" and "2") target inside a box bottom, with a light brown natural wood cup at the center. A small number of winks are shown outside the box.

The game title appears at top center: "SPEAR'S" above "COMPENDIUM OF" ( above "TIDLEY WINKS" (all in black).

At bottom left, on the red background, in black: "BRITISH MANUFACTURE" above "SKITTLES FOREIGN" (in black)

At bottom right, starting on the red background and continuing on the blue background: "TRADEMARK REGISTERED IN", then the logo with "SPEAR'S GAMES" in an oval, then "GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA" (all in black).

yellow

printed rules

Each of the 4 aprons has a yellow background with a hand at right holding a red squidger on a blue wink, and "COMPENDIUM OF" above "TIDLEY WINKS" (all in red) across the middle.

The top and bottom aprons have "SPEAR'S" (in red) at upper left.

The bottom apron has a tan cup at lower left.

The left apron has 4 red bowling pins at lower left.

The right apron shows the concentric target and cup inside the red box bottom at lower left.

The top apron shows the Dutch wooden shoe target at lower left.

offwhite overlabel, empty

Red-painted wooden bowling pins (2 5/16" tall, 1/2" maximum width): 8 provided in Copy 1. Plus 1 larger red-painted wooden bowling pin (2 5/8" tall, 9/16" tall).

Concentric target with blue outer rounded triangles (not marked with a number), then a red ring (marked "1" in white), a white ring (marked "2" in blue), and a hole in the middle where a shiny natural finished wooden cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 3/8" bottom diameter (with a shiny finish), 1 1/2" tall), with two wider recessed rings near the base, is placed. The sides of the cup are straight and angled down.

Dutch shoe in unfinished natural wood (4" maximum length, 1 1/2" maximum width, 1 1/2" maximum height).

Copy 1 of this game comes with the following squidgers and winks:

1 squidger (7/8" diameter): red, yellow, green, black, white.

Winks (5/8" diameter); 4 red, 4 yellow, 4 green, 8 black, and 4 white.