Flitterkins

Flitterkins was a game which combined Tiddledy-Winks with table tennis. The game had two posts and a net and a selection of counters which would be flipped over the net on a table. Jaques applied for the trademark for Flitterkins on 31 July 1889, and its registration was approved during the week of 6–13 March 1890. This game has featured in many articles and research into the origins of table tennis as its development as a parlour game which gave way to the craze of ‘ping pong’ is an important one. The Collection has two, incomplete sets of this game.