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Spear's Games (on cover, rules)

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"SPEAR'S GAMES" in oval (on cover, rules)

[title SPEAR'S
COMPENDIUM OF
TIDLEY WINKS]

TRADEMARK REGD. GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA

[logo SPEAR'S GAMES]

MANUFACTURED AT THE SPEAR WORKS BAVARIA COPYRIGHT DESIGNED IN ENGLAND

The cover and aprons have "SPEAR'S" over "COMPENDIUM OF" (in red with black outline) over "TIDLEY WINKS" in light blue at top. Manufactured in Bavaria, designed in England. © 1930.

tiddlywinks, Dutch shoe, shoe, compendium, bowling

printed under box lid

"SPEAR'S COMPENDIUM OF TIDLEY WINKS."

English rules for 4 games are described: "Skittlewinks", "Dutch Tidley Winks", "Target Tidley Winks" and "Tidley Winks".

7 3/16 inches wide — 7 3/16 inches high — 9 11/16 inches deep

18.3 cm wide — 18.3 cm high — 24.6 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: "SPEAR'S" (red with black outline) above "COMPENDIUM OF" (same coloring) above "TIDLEY WINKS" (light blue).

At bottom left, on the red background, in black: "TRADEMARK REGD." then the logo with "SPEAR'S GAMES" in an oval, then "GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA.

At bottom right, on the white border, in black: "MANUFACTURED AT THE SPEAR WORKS BAVARIA COPYRIGHT DESIGNED IN ENGLAND".

yellow

printed rules

Each apron has a yellow background and shows a hand at right holding a red squidger on a blue wink at right. The title, "SPEAR'S COMPENDIUM OF" (in orange) above "TIDLEY WINKS" (in blue) appears across the center of the apron.

The left apron depicts a tan cup at left.

The top apron shows 4 red bowling pins at left.

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

The right apron shows the tan Dutch shoe at left.

medium gray overlabel, empty

Red-painted wooden bowling pins (9/16" tall, 3/8" maximum width): 9 included in Copy 1.

Concentric target with blue outer rounded triangles (not marked with a number), then a red ring (marked "1" in white), a white ring (marked "2" in blue), and a hole in the middle where a shiny natural finished wooden cup (1 3/4" top diameter, 1 3/8" bottom diameter (unfinished), 1 1/2" tall), with two recessed rings near the base, is placed. The sides of the cup are straight and angled down.

Dutch shoe in unfinished natural wood (4" maximum length, 1 1/2" maximum width, 1 1/2" maximum height).

Yes (not counted)