HORSMAN's TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED

cover

© 1890 E. I. Horsman Jr.

On cover: "PATENTED APPLIED FOR".

E. I. Horsman Jr.

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«HORSMAN'S»

TRADE
MARK

«TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS
AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED.»

PATENTED APPLIED FOR

COPYRIGHTED BY E.I. HORSMAN JR. 1890.

wooden box, rectangular red/gray diagonal pattern sides, patent pending on back of mat; yellow net stands

HOR-06v1, HOR-06v2 (same cover and game, but in a wooden box frame);
HOR-01v1, HOR-01v2 (same cover and game, but in a cardboard box)

E. I. Horsman Jr. (copyright)

tennis

$1.00 (Youth's Companion magazine, E. I. Horsman advertisement, 20 November 1890, page 636, column 2)

leaflet (8 pages); also comes with sheet (1 side); also comes with leaflet (4 sides) for plain Horsman Tiddledy Winks game

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

box with wooden sides and cardboard top and bottom

10 ¾ inches wide — 7 ¼ inches high — 2 ¼ inches deep

65.4 cm wide — 45.1 cm high — 13.3 cm deep

Monochrome cover. "HORSMAN's" at upper left with very tall "H". "TRADE" above "MARK" at left center. "TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS" at bottom, with very tall first "T". On banner below, in smaller characters: "AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED." Below that, "PATENTED APPLIED FOR" at left and "COPYRIGHTED BY E. I. HORSMAN JR. 1890" at right.

Table at center with tennis mat and net from game. Man at left (black suit, mustache) holding shooter with right hand, leaning it on the edge of the table. To right is a woman (outfit with light sash around neck) looking on with hands under table. To right is a man (dark suit, light shirt, and bowtie, mustache) at right rear corner looking on. At right is woman (outfit with V-neck) holding light-colored shooter on mat.

red

gray with red label edges

Felt mat, 15 3/4" x 9 3/8" x 1/8", marked "HORSMAN'S TENNIS" on both ends in red. Outer background is yellow, then red line, then white line. Inside that are markings for a tennis court in green, separated by white lines.

On back of felt mat, "[unreadable]" above "MANUFACTURERS," above "NEW YORK" above "Patent Pending." on back.

One cardboard net, 8 3/4" wide and between 1 1/8" and1 3/8" high, about 1/8" thick. Two turned, yellow-painted natural wood stands for ends of net, shaped like cylindrical chess bishops (2" tall, 1/2" diameter at top) each with a rectangular base (2" long, 1/2" wide, and 3/16" tall).

One 4 1/4" square mat with handsown pale orange sides.

One copy (copy 1) includes:

1 bone squidger (1 1/8"): 1 pale yellow, 1 green, 1 red, 1 offwhite, 1 dark brown, and 1 blue.

Bone winks (5/8"): 2 pale yellow, 4 green, 5 red, 3 offwhite, 4 brown, and 5 dark blue.

Rick Tucker