HORSMAN's TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED

cover

© 1890 E. I. Horsman Jr.

On cover: "PATENT APPLIED FOR".

E. I. Horsman Jr.

[none]

«HORSMAN'S»

[note: missing cover portion may have "TRADE
MARK"]

«TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS
AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED.»

PATENTED APPLIED FOR

COPYRIGHTED BY E.I. HORSMAN JR. 1890.

For Sale by Booksellers & Toy & Fancy Goods Dealers Everywhere.

ASK FOR CIRCULAR OF HORSMAN'S TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS

cardboard box; "PATENT APPLIED FOR" on cover; "PATENTED DEC. 9TH, 1890" label on box bottom; rectangular blue/gray diagonal pattern sides, "For Sale by Booksellers [...]" on cover.

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.

cardboard box

10 ⅜ inches wide — 6 ⅞ inches high — 1 ⅞ inches deep

32.7 cm wide — 21.3 cm high — 5.4 cm deep

Monochrome cover. "HORSMAN's" at upper left with very tall "H". "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. At bottom left: "For Sale by Booksellers & Toy and Fancy Goods Dealers Everywhere." At bottom right: "ASK FOR CIRCULAR OF HORSMAN'S TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS."

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.

rectangles with blue/gray diagonals in background

cardboard and red label on edges

Felt mat, 15 3/4" x 9" x 1/16", marked "HORSMAN'S TENNIS" on both ends in black. Outer background is yellow, then black line, then white line. Inside that are markings for a tennis court in green, separated by white lines.

One cardboard net, 8 1/2" wide and between 1 1/4" and1 7/16" high, about 1/8" thick. Two turned, finished natural wood stands for ends of net, shaped like chess bishops, 2" tall, 1" diameter semicircle base, 3/8" at top.

One copy (copy 1) contains the following:

1 squidger (1 1/8") in the following colors: light blue, dark green, brown, light offwhite, medium red, and medium yellow.

Winks (5/8") in the following colors: 4 dark blue, 3 light blue, 3 dark green, 3 brown, 3 light offwhite, 2 medium offwhite, 4 dark red, 2 medium red, 5 dark yellow, and 1 medium yellow.

Rick Tucker