Game Information

cover

Parker Brothers

14 (in catalog, not on game)

[none]

[title HOP SCOTCH
Tiddledy Winks]

(TRADE MARK)

PATENT APPLIED FOR

PUBLISHED BY
PARKER BROTHERS
SALEM, MASS

COPYRIGHTED
1891

dark blue underbox with various sized leaves design in silver; monochrome cover label with yellow background and dark blue ink; 1891 correctly printed; extra-curly tops of numbers on felt; 4 page rules leaflet; "Parker Brothers" on a straight baseline on cover.

tiddlywinks, hop scotch

offwhite leaflet (4 sides)

"DIRECTIONS FOR PLAYING The Popular Game of HOP SCOTCH TIDDLEDY WINKS, PUBLISHED BY Parker Brothers, SALEM, MASS."

10⅜ inches wide — 6¾ inches high — 2 inches deep

26.4 cm wide — 17.1 cm high — 5.1 cm deep

317.0 grams

11.2 ounces

The top label has an overall yellowish-offwhite background and a border with a repeating dental element in dark blue on offwhite. The overall background of the cover is yellow.

Inside, an additional frame border of multiple thin blue lines appears, and then the background color, and then a single blue line frame. Inside that frame in each of the top-left, top-right, and bottom-left corners is a triangle with a curve for its hypotenuse; inside are vertical blue lines plus dark blue elements shaped like fingers. The bottom-right corner has the hypotenuse curve but no illustration inside; instead, "COPYRIGHTED" over "1891" appears over the hypotenuse curve. Note: the "9" is not backwards on this edition.

"HOP-SCOTCH" (in dark blue outline with dark blue line fill at tops and dark blue shadow outline) appears at top. "(TRADE MARK)" (in blue) is shown to the right of it. Below is "Tiddledy Winks" (in dark blue outline and dark blue shadow outline). "PATENT APPLIED FOR" appears to the right of it in dark blue.

At left at a table with a decorative tablecloth (dark blue borders and highlights) and hop-scotch mat on top are 5 adults (all in dark blue ink): 1 man at left with mustache, seated; 1 women facing away with dress, seated, 1 man standing with mustache, 1 woman sitting with dress, and 1 woman looking straight ahead to right of table, in dress.

At right, on the floor, are 3 children playing at hop scotch mat: 1 boy with a frilly neck, 1 girl in light clothes and frilly neck, and 1 girl with frilly neck.

At center bottom: "PUBLISHED BY" above "PARKER BROTHERS" above "SALEM, MASS", all in dark blue on a rectangle.

dark blue with various sized leaves design

(same as box background)

The cylindrical glossy black-painted wooden cup ( 1 7/8" top and bottom diameter, 1 1/2" tall) has a concave sides and a two-tier protruding base.

The playing surface is a dark yellow felt pad (8 5/8" x 16 3/8") marked "HOP SCOTCH" at top. It has a red border with black dental-like patterned border. A red circle is marked at bottom, indicating the starting point for shooting a wink. The mat is marked in areas as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 in a hop scotch layout, from bottom to top.

Parker Brothers catalog: 1891, page 7, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1894, page 13, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1895-1896, page 14, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1896: page 29, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1897, page 21, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1898, page 9, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1899-1900, page 28, No. 14 (French bone winks) and No. 14a (Best vegetable ivory winks)

Parker Brothers catalog: 1900-1901, page 28, No. 14 (French bone winks) and No. 14a (Best vegetable ivory winks)

Parker Brothers catalog: 1903-1904, page 16, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1903 (hand marked), page 27, No. 14 (French bone winks) and No. 14a (Best vegetable ivory winks)

Parker Brothers catalog: 1910, page 11, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1911, page 21, No. 14.

Parker Brothers catalog: 1912, page 18, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1913, page 19, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1914-1915, page 18, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1915-1916, page 16, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1916-1917, page 15, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1918-1919, page 19, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1920-1921, page 19, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1922, page 19, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1925, page 35, No. 14, 85 cents

Parker Brothers catalog: 1927, page 51, No. 14, 85 cents

Parker Brothers catalog: 1929, page 36, No. 14

Parker Brothers catalog: 1930, page 39, No. 14, 75 cents

Parker Brothers catalog: 1931, page 50, No. 14, 75 cents