Glevum Series

(no catalog number shown on game)

"GLEVUM", Roman profile and helmet, and "GAMES" in oval

[title TUMBLETTE]

TUMBLE

[logo GLEVUM SERIES
TRADE MARK]

MADE IN ENGLAND

bean, tumble, tree, coconut, monkey

green label under box lid

"THE POPULAR GAME."
"TUMBLETTE."

16¼ inches wide — 6¾ inches high —⅞ inches deep

41.3 cm wide — 17.1 cm high — 2.2 cm deep

Label with yellow outer border, then red, then black line. Background for three-quarters of the top is yellow with a bit of orange at left. The of the background represents a table (black with double green lines near edges).

"TUMBLETTE" (red with black shadows) is at top right, filling two-thirds the width of the box.

Girl at left (brown hair, green dress, white collar) has hands on table.

Boy to her right (black hair, reddish-brown shirt, striped tie) is playing game by holding build-up in box bottom to balance the movement of a ovoid pill down the surface to the target holes. Below and to left of playing surface is a depiction of the box cover itself.

Girl at right (black hair, red/white checkerboard blouse with white collar and shoulders) is leaning on table and has one hand up, waving.

"GLEVUM SERIES" Roman helmet "TRADE MARK" in oval logo is at bottom left in yellow.

"MADE IN ENGLAND" (yellow) is at bottom right.

red

Red with no design.

gray with white edges of wrap-around paper on box bottom

Playing surface is a cardboard build-up ( 6 1/2" by 15") in box bottom.

"TUMBLETTE" (red with yellow shadow and black outline) is at top.

Main illustration depicts a coconut tree with 10 holes (5/8") with values. Top row is 8, 10, 9. Second (nonlinear) row is 4, 7, 6, 5. Third row is 2, 3. Bottom row is 1. 7 monkeys are sitting in tree around holes.

At back, a black man (red shorts only, white lips) at left is standing and waving upward, while another black man (same) at right is falling upon being hit by a coconut. Three additional coconuts are nearby on the ground.

Tree and black men are on a yellow area (sand) by a water inlet (blue and white). At rear is light blue sky and blue silhouettes of trees on the horizon, plus two additional trees nearby.

"MADE IN ENGLAND" (black) at lower left.

"GLEVUM SERIES" Roman helmet "TRADE MARK" logo (black) at lower right.

Playing piece is a pill capsule (red and white, 3/4" by 1/4" ovoid) with a metal weight inside that makes it stand up on one end. The objective is to roll this piece from one end of the playing surface to the other where the numbered holes are.