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  • The New Game of Tiddledywinks - 1930s
  • The New Game of Tiddledywinks - 1930s
  • The New Game of Tiddledywinks - 1930s

The New Game of Tiddledywinks - 1930s

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Tiddlywinks can be traced back too late Victorian times when it was a popular parlour game for adults. The earliest patent application for the game was filed by Joseph Assheton Fincher in 1888, and the subsequent trademark application filed in 1889.

The aim of the game is to flick small counters, or "winks," into a cup at the centre of the board using a large counter called a "squidger". The counters in this set are made from bakelite plastic but in the past they have been made from a range of materials including wood, bone, and metal.

This is a boxed game of Tiddleywinks made in England by East Hull Press in the 1930s and includes 12 scoring boxes to shoot the winks into instead of a single cup. 


Excellent condition and enough large counters for two to play. Grade 1 under the Hoyles Vintage Grading System. 

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