Jigsaw puzzle
Tower Press Ltd.
Category
Toys
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cardboard and paper
Measurements
345 mm (width); 270 mm (height)
Place of origin
Palmerston Road, 86
Order this imageCollection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 670431
Summary
A 660 piece cardboard jigsaw ('The Old Flower Market') with only 636 pieces, in its original box. The cardboard box is broken along one side. The picture shows a busy flower market on a cobbled area of a small town. A thatched cottage is on the left and several large houses towering above the market with a windmill and a square church tower in the background. A horse and cart full of hay is coming into the market. On an orange label on the front it says 'Carlton Jigsaw, over 600 pieces'. On one side it says 'On this series, No.3.The Old Flower Market, No.4. A Following Breeze, A Tower Press Jigsaw, Made In England, No.4643'. Details of size and contents are on two sides with details of obtaining a print on the other. Total number of items is 638.
Makers and roles
Tower Press Ltd., maker