Queen Elizabeth Reviewing her Troops
841 piece plywood jigsaw puzzle, featuring a painting by the British artist Mabel Dora Hardy (1868-1937), who signed her works M. Dorothy Hardy.
The style of cutting is primarily semi-interlocking and features significant colour line-cutting, along with the V.T. and H. initials cut as individual pieces and grouped close to each other in the upper right part of the puzzle.
Of particular interest with this puzzle is a label identity number of 726 printed on the box label, along with a printed set of the Maids of Kent "Jigsaw Puzzle Club Rules" pasted into the underside of the box lid. The puzzle packaging for this puzzle also differs from that of their sale puzzles, the latter sometimes being supplied in repurposed boxes, such as this example for The Punch Bowl puzzle. These were then wrapped with patterned paper.
In the case of this "library" puzzle, the box is of a far sturdier build and plain brown in colour, helping to provide the type of protection which regular library use demanded. (see below)
This box image has been very kindly provided " Courtesy of The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York."
Please note that the puzzle image shown is from a 1979 photograph and the colours are not a true representation of the puzzle itself. A more accurate example of the original artwork can be seen in this c1920s Victory puzzle.
Other images, research and details courtesy of Anne Williams.
Artist: Hardy, M. Dorothy
Date: c1930s
Brand: V.T.H. Puzzles, The
Material: Plywood
Nationality: British-England
Number: 726
Pieces: 841
Size: 34" x 19 1/4"
Theme: Royalty
Title: Queen Elizabeth Reviewing her Troops
The style of cutting is primarily semi-interlocking and features significant colour line-cutting, along with the V.T. and H. initials cut as individual pieces and grouped close to each other in the upper right part of the puzzle.
Of particular interest with this puzzle is a label identity number of 726 printed on the box label, along with a printed set of the Maids of Kent "Jigsaw Puzzle Club Rules" pasted into the underside of the box lid. The puzzle packaging for this puzzle also differs from that of their sale puzzles, the latter sometimes being supplied in repurposed boxes, such as this example for The Punch Bowl puzzle. These were then wrapped with patterned paper.
In the case of this "library" puzzle, the box is of a far sturdier build and plain brown in colour, helping to provide the type of protection which regular library use demanded. (see below)
This box image has been very kindly provided " Courtesy of The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, New York."
Please note that the puzzle image shown is from a 1979 photograph and the colours are not a true representation of the puzzle itself. A more accurate example of the original artwork can be seen in this c1920s Victory puzzle.
Other images, research and details courtesy of Anne Williams.
Artist: Hardy, M. Dorothy
Date: c1930s
Brand: V.T.H. Puzzles, The
Material: Plywood
Nationality: British-England
Number: 726
Pieces: 841
Size: 34" x 19 1/4"
Theme: Royalty
Title: Queen Elizabeth Reviewing her Troops
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