Game Information
McLoughlin Bros. (publisher) AGPI # · P-1724Full Publisher Info
Improved Game Tiddledy Winks (game title) AGPI # · G-35102
Tucker Tiddlywinks # · 
MCL-26
Title Source · 
cover
Title, Preserving Case

IMPROVED GAME TIDDLEDY WINKS

Title Language · 
English
Date · 
patented 1890 
Date Source(s)

game cover

Patent Info on Game

On cover: "PATENTED, NOV. 18TH 1890".

Patent Registration Information
Country · 
US
Type · 
grant
Date Issued · 
18 November 1890
Associated Game · 
Improved Game Tiddledy Winks
Publisher Name on Game

McLoughlin Bros.

Publisher Catalog #

(no catalog number shown on game)

Publisher Mark(s)

[none]

Cover Text

«IMPROVED GAME
TIDDLEDY
WINKS»

PATENTED, NOV. 18TH 1890

McLOUGHLIN BROS., NEW YORK.

Variant Description

The game cover is marked as "PATENT NOV. 18 1890". The game comes in a wooden box with a dark blue background and golden letters and illustrations. The monochrome cover depicts a frog smoking a pipe and holding a fishing rod.

Game Type · 
Container Type

wooden box

Container Size · (measured in inches)

9 ⅜ inches wide — 4 ½ inches high — 2 ¼ inches deep

29.5 cm wide — 52.1 cm high — 13.3 cm deep

Cover Description

Lettering and filigrees in gold leaf. "IMPROVED GAME" above "TIDDLEDY" (each letter in a circle, letters at different angles, with decorative filigrees between circles), above "PATENTED. NOV. 18TH 1890." above "WINKS" (background color, on gold banner), above "McLOUGHLIN BROS. NEW YORK. Decorative filigrees in each corner.

Apron Descriptions

very dark blue

Box Bottom Description

gray

Collection • Individual(s)

Rick Tucker

Database Update Date · 
2025-04-19 14:18:09

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