Author: Anonymous
Title: Puzzle Blocks Set
Description: S. l. s. n. 1860. A complete set, n. d. (ca 1860); wooden box and embossed black and gray paper; sliding wooden lid with laid-on, hand-colored, lithographed illustration; 6 cubes with hand-colored, lithographed sides; 5 hand-colored, lithographed, subtitled, loose sheets + the lid cover illustrating the 6 puzzles; box - 5 3/4 x 4 x 2, cubes - 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 3/4, sheets - 5 x 3 1/2; paper on box with some rubbing to edges and small chips; lid illustration with ripples and small loss of paper to edges; 2 of the sheets trimmed unevenly, most probably while originally manufactured, in order to fit the sheets in the box - resulting in obscured subtitles; in good condition. A beautiful, mid-19th-century, puzzle game, it illustrated Bible scenes, including the Conquest of Jerusalem by Nebucadnezar [sic], the Farewell Taken by David from Jonathan, and James' Blessing of His Sons. Good .

Keywords: Bible, Games, Puzzles, Children


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