MATCH TIDLEY WINKS

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A NEW VERSION OF
A POPULAR GAME

«MATCH»

BRITISH MANUFACTURE
PROTECTED.

«TIDLEY WINKS»

The cover depicts a man (fancy blue coat, red vest, frilly cuffs and tie) and a woman (red/white/blue dress, holding fan) at a green table with the 4-holed multicolor square target.

white sheet (1 side)

"MATCH TIDDLEY WINKS.--INSTRUCTIONS."

cardboard box

6 13/16 inches wide — 5 11/16 inches high — 1 7/16 inches deep

97.3 cm wide — 81.1 cm high — 2.7 cm deep

The cover top label has a white outer border, then a red border.

The main illustration has a yellow background at top, and green at bottom as the playing surface on a table.

The border between the red outer border and the main illustration has a meandering dull red ribbon.

In the main illustration, "A NEW VERSION OF" above "A POPULAR GAME" (in orange) appears on a white banner with a black outline border.

"MATCH" (yellow, with black outline and shadows, in a font with rounded endlines of each letter) appears below, and "BRITISH MANUFACTURE" (black), below it.

"TIDLEY WINKS" (yellow at top, orange at bottom, with black outline) is shown at the bottom of the of the main illustration on the green background.

A main(white hair, dark bow behind his neck, light blue coat with short yellow stripes on either side of the center, frilly covering below neck and also at the cuffs, with red clothing down the front) is shown at upper left, holding a red squidger with his right hand in the air over the green mat.

A woman (pink dress tied with black lines above her waist, white hair, hat with red and orange spots, frilly collar and cuffs, white gloves) is holding a fan in her left hand and a yellow squidger in her right one.

The square game target is shown below, just left of center. The top has a large round hole in each corner, with the outer top colored differently: yelllow, blue, red, and blue. The sides of the target are white with 4 circles in the same colors.

Various winks are shown on the green playing surface.

red

offwhite, empty

Red with no design.

light brown with edges of box bottom red label

The nearly square wooden game target (3 13/16" by 3 3/4" by 1 3/32" tall) has a wraparound label on the top and sides. The top label has four quadrants, each in a different color (light blue, yellow, green, and red) and with a round recessed, unfinished natural wooden cup within each quadrant.

The side of the label shows four colored winks (green, red, yellow, blue) with black outlines.

The bottom of the nearly square game target has a dull, dark blue label.

Copy 1 includes:

Squidgers (bone): 1 eroded red (31/32" diameter), 1 eroded green (7/8" diameter), and 1 darkened yellow (57/64" diameter).

Winks (bone): 3 deep red (39/64" diameter), 1 eroded green (5/8" diameter), deep purple (19/32" diameter), and 3 white (39/64" diameter)

Rick Tucker