Table game
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard, paper, wood and plastic
Measurements
Box - 138 mm (length); 103 mm (width); 51 mm (height), Each cups - 40 mm (height), Dark Stained Cup - 50 mm (diameter), Light coloured wood - 41 mm (diameter), Each large counter - 21 mm (diameter), Each small counter - 15 mm (diameter)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 669593
Summary
A game entitled 'Tiddley Winks' in its original cardboard box. The box is rectangular in shape and has a separate red lid with red sides and a colour printed illustration on the top showing a hand playing flipping the counters into a cup with the words 'Tiddley Winks' across the front. The box base has a separate cardboard insertion designed to hold the cup and counters. There are two wooden cups, one is made from a light coloured wood and the other from a dark stained wood. There are forty round plastic, multicoloured counters in two different sizes. Total number of items is 45.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by Mr and Mrs P. Andrews in January 1988.