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ANTIQUE #SA1215606

An Antique Double Sided Puzzle -original Box And Label

£195    $261    €228
This is a boxed  dissection puzzle. Still retaining the original label on the lid. with  New Double Dissection Map by W. Peacock.
 
The puzzle is both covering Geography & History. On one side is the  Kings & Queens of England and on the other side is a map by Gall & Inglis, Edinburgh, published by William Peacock of London of  England, Wales and Scotland, see images.
 
English, c1890
 
Edward Peacock was a baptist minister and carpenter, introduced his Peacock Puzzles in 1853, having learnt his art from the well-known publisher and map dissector Edward Wallis in London during the 1830s.
 
Peacock travelled to Australia in 1841, becoming a policeman, schoolteacher, missionary and eventually postmaster. He returned to England in 1853 where he began the company Peacock & Co. making children’s furniture, toys and dissected maps.
 
In 1861, his son, William, took over the company, expanding it to become recognised as one of the world’s most prolific producers of wooden jigsaws.
 
He ...
Antique ID: SA1215606
Item: An Antique Double Sided Puzzle -original Box And Label - (reference SA1215606)
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Antique SA1215606 shown on this page was made in the 19th Century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
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