THE GAME OF TIDDLEYWINKS

Ilex Series (on rules)

UK

(no catalog number shown on game)

[none]

«THE GAME
OF
TIDDLEYWINKS»

MADE IN ENGLAND

red box background; yellow/black monochrome cover; "TIDDLEYWINKS" on diagonal from lower left to upper right

Game similar to The Game of Tiddleywinks (G-30817) by Ilex Series, The Game of Tiddleywinks (G-30848) by Ilex Series, and The Game of Tiddleywinks (G-37989) by Ilex Series.

sheet

"TIDDLEYWINKS. DIRECTIONS"

"Ilex Series." "Made in England."

cardboard box

5 ⅝ inches wide — 4 ⅝ inches high — 1 ⅞ inches deep

17.5 cm wide — 14.3 cm high — 5.4 cm deep

Black and light yellow label with light yellow outer border. Each corner has a wink (black at upper left, light yellow at upper right, black at lower right, light yellow at lower left). Between winks is a black and offwhite checkerboard pattern. Within is a white border and two black lines, and at upper left there is "THE GAME" (black) above "OF" (black), and then "TIDDLEYWINKS" on a diagonal from lower left to upper right with two black lines below.

"MADE IN ENGLAND" at lower right above checkerboard and below double border lines.

red

Red with no design.

gray with edges of red wraparound label on box bottom.

One copy (copy 1) includes:

Bakelite molded cup, dark mottled red ( 1 7/8" top diameter, 1 7/8" bottom diameter, concave between with two ribbed areas above base). On bottom, cupt is marked "R. TURNER LTD." above "LONDON N. 16."

Quality tumbled plastic winks.

Large winks (1"): 1 pale violet, 1 peach, 1 white, 1 dark green, 1 teal, 1 red.

Small winks (5/8"): 4 pale violet, 4 peach, 3 white, 4 dark green, 3 teal, 4 red.

1 black die with white dots, not uniform in manufacture (1/2")

1 white die with black dots, not uniform in manufacture (1/4")

Another copy (copy 2) includes:

A natural wooden cup (1 5/8" top diameter, 1 3/8" bottom diameter, 1 1/2" tall, with straight sides that narrow from top to bottom) that has two recessed rings near the bottom. The cup is shiny on the side and bottom but nonshiny inside.

The following plastic squidgers and winks, which appear to have been cut from rods and tumbled:

Squidgers (1" in diameter): 1 yellow, 1 white, 1 dark blue, and 1 peach; (7/8" in diameter): 1 white, 1 dark green, 1 green, 1 bright yellow, 1 yellow, 1 opaque red, and 1 semitransparent red.

Winks (5/8" in diameter): 5 white, 1 dark blue, 4 peach, 3 light purple, 4 green, and 3 yellow; (9/16" in diameter): 7 dark blue,4 teal, 6 green, 6 yellow, 7 red, 3 semitransparent dull red, 3 semitransparent dull yellow.

Rick Tucker