03-07-201003-07-2010
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2494Boston
March 7, 2010 11:00 AMCalender
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Four Victorian Lithographed Boxed Jigsaw Puzzles and Games

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$1,659$1,400
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2494Location: BostonDate / Time: March 07, 2010 11:00AM

Description:

Four Victorian Lithographed Boxed Jigsaw Puzzles and Games, Europe and England, mid to late 19th century, a wooden slide-lid box containing a jigsaw puzzle with lithograph scene depicting a "FANCY FAIR," the lid with a lithographed picture titled "Mr. BOW-WOW'S FESTIVAL"; a lithograph on cardboard box with "THE CHEERFUL BROTHERS AND SISTERS/Delightful amusement with movable figures in a great variety of changes," containing two stand-up figures with changeable upper torsos and heads; a wooden slide-lid box titled "THE CHANGING COMPANIONS Comic metamorphosis" by G.W. Faber, Germany, c. 1850, containing several interchangeable geometric segments to form twelve figures; a wooden slide-lid box "Moderne Baukunst," containing wooden lithograph on paper segments to arrange to form several buildings, (minor imperfections),box size ranging from 7 3/4 x 6 1/4-7 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.
Estimate $200-250

Fancy Fair puzzle missing one piece, minor wear to lithograph surfaces.

Keywords

BOW-WOW, United Kingdom, Germany