‘A new and interesting Architectural Puzzle’
Category
Sports equipment, games and pastimes
Date
c. 1800 - c. 1880
Materials
Wood
Measurements
87 x 265 mm; 155 mm (Length)
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 997316
Summary
An architectural puzzle of 225 wooden building blocks housed in a wooden box. Marked on the lid is ‘A new and interesting Architectural Puzzle’ with a lithograph of a tower and white cliffs in the background
Full description
Building block set containing wooden windows, crenelations and other architectural features to reproduce the tower whose picture is on the lid of the box.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.