HORSMAN's TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED

cover

© 1890 E. I. Horsman Jr.

On cover: "PATENT APPLIED FOR".

E. I. Horsman Jr.

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«HORSMAN'S»

TRADE
MARK

«TIDDLEDY WINK TENNIS
AND TIDDLEDY WINKS COMBINED.»

PATENT APPLIED FOR

COPYRIGHTED BY E.I. HORSMAN JR. 1890.

wooden box; "PATENT APPLIED FOR" on cover and back of mat; rectangular red/gray diagonal pattern sides; light natural wood net stands

Same cover as HOR-01, but in a wooden box frame

E. I. Horsman Jr. (copyright)

tennis

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

leaflet (8 pages)

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

box with wooden sides and cardboard top and bottom

10 ⅝ inches wide — 7 ¼ inches high — 2 ¼ inches deep

33.3 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 one copy (copy 1): on back of felt mat, "PATENT APPLIED FOR." stamped in red.

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

Copy 1: Black shiny painted cup (1 7/8" bottom and top diameter, concave sides with a minimum 1 1/2" diameter, 1 1/2" tall).

Copy 1:

1 bone squidger (1 1/8" diameter): red, yellow, brown, white, dark green, and worn blue.

Winks (5/8" diameter): 6 red, 5 yellow, 5 brown, 6 white, 3 dark green, and 3 blue.

Rick Tucker