Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the Georgian era.
To the base of the puzzle it has the makers name William Darton, Joe Harvey and Sam Darton, published December 1st 1815.
It comes in a wooden box, not the original, but a 19th century one, with a copy of the original label on the lid. The label states "The Principal Events in the History of England to the reign of George III .'
Underneath it says The characters in each event are represented in the appropriate costumes of the different periods.
Remarkably all the pieces of the puzzle still remain with just a couple of the interlocking lobs missing. To the base of the puzzle it has the makers name William Darton, Joe Harvey and Sam Darton, published December 1st 1815.
William Darton set up his own publishing house at 56 Holborn Hill London in 1808.
Whats nice about this puzzle in particular is that below each picture there is a brief description about the picture.It ends with the death of Nelson which must have been the last memorable event before this puzzle was made.
Dissected puzzles were the forerunners to jigsaws. They were made by placing a picture on a piece of mahogany and cutting it into shapes. The edge pieces interlock and the middle pieces just push together.They only started to make these puzzles around the 1760s and were costly and time consuming to make. Each piece was hand cut and sometimes coloured and hence these were only affordable to royalty, rich families and elite boarding schools where they were used as educational toys. It was only when jigsaw tools were more intricate interlocking pieces made.
A Rare Dissected Puzzle -Historical Events Upto George III
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Opus Antiques has dated this piece to the Georgian era.
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A Rare Georgian Dissected Puzzle - Complete
