GRAND JEU DE LA PUCE

Great Game of Tiddlywinks

Les Jeux et Jouets Français

Paris, France

"J" at left, "F" at center with a descending upper right tip, and a backwards "J" at right (on cover, all in red)

«GRAND JEU
DE LA PUCE»

LES JEUX ET JOUETS FRANCAIS, PARIS

Green underlabel. The cover shows a potted plant at left. 3 girls and 2 boys are at an oval table with a green tablecloth and the hopscotch (with "PARADIS") game.

cardboard box

Label with white outer border then red framing the main illustration. Yellow filigrees provide the border between the red frame and the illustration. The top part of the main illustration is a pale blue.

"GRAND JEU" (red with black outline) appears above "DE LA" (black) which leads into "PUCE" (red with black outline).

A plant resembling a fern appears in a plant on a plant stand at left.

An oval table with a green tablecloth (reaching to the floor) takes up most of the illustration. A girl (blonde hair, red dress) is sitting at left, facing right and holding a red squidger. A scorecard is on the table in front of her. Another girl (red hair with red bowtie in her hair, and yellow dress) is standing in front of the table to the right of the first girl, looking to the back. A boy (black hair, light blue suit with white epaulets with black stripes) is across the table. To the right of the table, a boy (black hair, brown jacket dark pants to below the knees, with gray-blue scarf tied around his neck), facing left, is standing and leaning in to make a shot, with a chair behind hind. To his left behind the table is a girl (blonde hair, red outfit, red bows in her hair) is looking in.

The hopscotch-style compartmented playing surface is shown at the center of the table, with "GRAND JEU" at the right end, "PARADIS" at the left end, and "R" "P", then "4", the "3" and "1", then "2", then "REPOSEUR", then "ENTER", then "3", then "2", then "1", between "PARADIS" and "GRAND JEU", from left to right.

At lower left, on the red border, the company name, "LES JEUX ET JOUETS FRANCAIS, PARIS", is shown.

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Rick Tucker