Red Roses

The box-base for this colourful floral study Zag-Zaw carries a handwritten inscription of 1919. This, combined with the reference Making History and Bringing Peace, seems to indicate that this box-lid artwork applied to puzzles produced shortly post WWI. It is cut in the push-fit, or non-interlocking style and includes 36 Whimsies, or figure shapes. The painting is unsigned, but is probably by the same artist as the very similarly-themed and proportioned Zag-Zaw Tea Roses.

Artist: Unsigned
Date: c1919
Brand: Tuck, Raphael and Son's Ltd
Material: Plywood
Nationality: British-England
Pieces: 250
Range: Zag-Zaw
Size: 14 3/4" x 7 3/4"
Theme: Flowers
Title: Red Roses