Original box for jigsaw puzzle
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
circa 1794
Materials
Wood.
Measurements
164 mm (length); 140 mm (width); 50 mm (height)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 662829
Summary
An empty wooden box for a jigsaw with a sliding wooden lid which has a label on it reading 'A dissected Map of the various Paths of Life A Lesson for Youth 1794'. On the back of the lid is a label which shows 'An Epitome of the Dissected Map of the various paths of Life' leading from 'Parental Care Hall' to 'Happy Old Age Hall' and featuring the following areas: 'Discreet County, Indiscreet Range, Prudent Walks, Careless County, Exulting District, Off-Guard Parish, Revelling Chace, Steady Plains, Imprudence County, Mending Quarter, False Rest Common, Great Method District, Trouble District, Bad Man's Land, Recollection Meads, Self's Corner, Poverty Maze, Serenity Province, Humble District, Notable Walks, Fearful Waste, Returning District, Distress Borough, Peaceful Sea and Bottomless Pit'. The puzzle is catalogued as 670206. Total number of items is 2.
Marks and inscriptions
Lid of the box: 'A/ Dissected Map/ of the various/ PATHS of LIFE/ A Lesson for Youth/ 1794.' Base of the box: '26(?)/ Eliz. Horton/ the gift of her dear Mother'