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Puzzle blocks

ca. 1870
Wood, paper, metal
Container (box): 2 1/8 × 7 1/4 × 9 in. (5.4 × 18.4 × 22.9 cm)
The Liman Collection
2000.482
DescriptionTwenty cube puzzle blocks in a paper covered wooden box with a metal hook and eye closure; chromolithographed image on the box top of two girls gathetring flowers, with baskets and wreaths in their hair; images on th blocks include the image on the box cover, a boy fishing with a girl looks on, a boy and a girl at a fountain collecting water in a pitcher, a boy riding a horse and two girls looking on over a fence, two girls feeding a cat dressed as a baby and children feeding a swan while a mother looks on.
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