"CLOCK" Tidleywinks

The Chad Valley Games

(no catalog number shown on game)

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I II III IIII V VI

«"CLOCK" Tidleywinks»

THE CHAD VALLEY GAMES, MADE AT HARBORNE, ENGLAND

VII VIII IX X XI XII

The box is 2 1/2" tall with dull blue/offwhite mesh aprons; the rules are in English only.

clock, time, mice

label under box lid

English

cardboard box

9 ¾ inches wide — 6 ⅝ inches high — 2 ½ inches deep

59.1 cm wide — 20.6 cm high — 26.7 cm deep

The label has an outer white border then black line.

The outer frame has clocks in the upper corners, each with a long pendulum down the sides; the left one shows 12:15 while the right one, 1:00. Between them are black profiles of mice, over each of which a yellow circle with a Roman numeral (from I through VI) is marked. Similarly, at the bottom of the frame are mice with circles marked from VII through XII.

Inside the frame is the main cover illustration, placed in a room with red walls, yellowish lower molding, and a green floor surface. |"CLOCK" Tidleywinks| appears in bluish white with black outline and interior darker shadows at top over the red walls. Five children are shown. At front left a girl (red dress, white collar and cuffs) is kneeling with her left arm outreached. Behind her to the left, standing, is another girl (yellow dress, blue bow in hair). To the right rear is a boy (blue navy outfit) leaning on his left elbow.

At the middle of the central illustration are elongated I-shaped white cards marked from I through XII are laid out in a circle on the green surface, representing hour markings on a clock. Inside the circle is a wide yellow pot with winks in it along with a variety of other colored winks, including one squop.

At lower right is another boy (also in a navy outfit) looking into the scene, holding a yellow squidger in his left hand on a red wink outside the clock circle. Behind him is a girl (white dress with white/red striped collar, with right hand pointing up into the air.

red

dark blue/white mesh

Rick Tucker