Game Information

Spear-Spiel (on cover, rules)

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"Spear-Spiel" in oval (on cover, rules)

[title SPEARS
VIER VERSCHIEDENE
KNIPS-SPIELE]

[logo Spear-Spiel]

Ges. gesch.

"VERSCHIEDENE" in title. "Spear-Spiel" oval logo on cover.

tiddlywinks, Dutch shoe, shoe, compendium, bowling

printed under box lid

"SPEARS 4 VERCHIEDENE KNIPS-SPIELE."

German rules for 4 games are provided: "Knipsspiel mid dem Holzschuh", "Knips-Kegelspiel", "Knipsspiel", and "Spears Flohspiel mit der Scheibe".

7¼ inches wide — 7¼ inches high — 1½ inches deep

18.4 cm wide — 18.4 cm high — 3.8 cm deep

Top label with white outer border then black line border. The illustration is partitioned into four quadrants, some smaller, some larger.

The upper left quadrant has a yellow background and depicts 10 red bowling pins, some upright, some sideways, amidst a variety of winks.

The upper right quadrant has a light green background and depicts a light brown natural wood cup with tapered but not concave sides. A variety of winks are also shown, none squopping.

The lower left quadrant has a red background and depicts a light brown natural wood Dutch shoe with a green wink in it. A hand appears at lower left, holding a blue squidger in the right hand on a yellow wink that is on a rectangular green shooting surface. An assortment of winks are also shown.

The lower right quadrant has a blue background and depicts a concentric circle numbered (with "1" and "2") target inside a box bottom, with a light brown natural wood cup at the center. A small number of winks are shown outside the box.

The game title appears at top center: "SPEARS" (red with black outline) above "VIER VERSCHIEDENE" (same coloring) above "KNIPS-SPIELE" (blue).

yellow

printed rules on tan

Each apron has a yellow background and shows a hand at right holding a red squidger on a blue wink at right. The title, "4 VIERSCHIEDENE" (in red) above "KNIPS-SPIELE" (in green) appears across the center of the apron. "SPEARS" (in red) appears at upper left on the top and bottom aprons only.

The bottom apron depicts a tan cup at left.

The left apron shows 4 red bowling pins at left.

The right apron shows the concentric game target with cup inside the red box bottom at left.

The top apron shows the tan Dutch shoe at left.

tan overlabel

Copy 1 of this game includes the following:

A concentric target with an outer rounded blue triangle with no number markings, then a red ring marked "1", then a white ring marked "2", then a hole for the wooden cup.

The shiny natural finished wooden cup (1 13/16" top diameter, 1 1/2" bottom diameter (unfinished), 1 1/2" high) has straight sides that angle from top to bottom, and 2 recessed grooves around the cup near the base.

Another wooden cup ( 15/8" top diameter, 1 5/16" bottom diameter, 1 7/16" tall), nonshiny and painted red other than on the bottom (most likely not original to this game) is included.

1 squidger is included: yellow (7/8" diameter).

7 red shiny wooden bowling pins (1 3/4" high, 3/8" maximum width) are present.

No wooden Dutch shoe target is present.