Game Information

cover

E. I. Horsman Jr.

[none]

[title HORSMAN'S]

TRADE
MARK

[title TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS
AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED.]

PATENTED DEC. 9TH, 1890.

COPYRIGHTED BY E.I. HORSMAN JR. 1890.

cardboard box, patented "DEC. 9TH"; orange (faded to yellow-brown) box; patent sticker on bottom

E. I. Horsman Jr. (copyright)

tennis, tiddlywinks

leaflet (8 pages) plus sheet

[8 page leaflet]

TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS
TRADE MARK
COPYRIGHT 1890, E. I. HORSMAN, JR.

[sheet]

TIDDLEDY WINKS
DIRECTIONS.
PUBLISHED BY E. I. HORSMAN,
NEW YORK.

10⅜ inches wide — 6¾ inches high — 2 to 2⅛ inches deep

26.4 cm wide — 17.1 cm high — 0 cm deep

A monochrome illustration appears on the cover.

"HORSMAN's" is shown in the upper left of the cover, with a very tall "H". "TRADE" above "MARK" appears at left center.

"TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS" is shown at the bottom, with a very tall first "T". On a banner below that, in smaller characters, the following appears: "AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED."

"PATENTED DEC. 9TH, 1890." appears below that at left and "COPYRIGHTED BY E. I. HORSMAN JR. 1890" at right.

The cover illustrates a scene of people playing tiddlywinks at a table. The table sits at the center with a felt tennis mat and net from the game on top. At left, a man (wearing a black suit and sporting a mustache) holds a round shooter with his right hand, and is leaning it on the edge of the table. To the right a woman (wearing an outfit with a light sash around neck) is looking on with her hands under the table. In the right rear corner, another man (wearing a dark suit, light shirt, and bowtie, and sporting a mustache) is looking on. On the right another woman (wearing an outfit with a V-neck top) is holding a light-colored shooter on the mat.

dull orange with semirandom vertical pattern

cardboard and red label on edges

One cardboard net, 8 5/8" wide and between 1 1/4" and1 3/8" high, about 1/8" thick.

Two turned, finished yellow wood stands that serve to hold up the net at each end; each is shaped like a chess bishop, 2" tall, 1 1/8" diameter semicircle base, 3/8" at top.

Very shiny light brown natural wooden wooden cup (2 1/8" diameter at top, 2" diameter at bottom, concave sides with minimum of 1 5/8" diameter, 1 1/2" tall). The underside of the cup has a mottled dark green paper attached. One black stripe encircles the cup near the base.

One copy (copy 1) includes the following:

1 squidger (1 1/8" diameter, 1/16" thick): blue, brown, yellow, and white.

Counters (3/4" diameter, 3/16" thick): 13 mottled yellow and 8 red.

A card (4" wide by 2 11/16" wide) marked "WHIST" over "MARKER" with two dials, each with numbers from 1 to 10 and an unnumbered space along with a gold-colored pointer.

2 "AUBURNDALE" over "KOUNTER" square devices (2" square by 5/16" thick) with light brown faces, each with numbers from 0 to 10 in a circle with an open hole that exposes a number that can be incremented by pressing on a gold-colored metal button at top.

cup