Artist/Maker Selchow & Righter Co. (active 1880 - 1986)

Sliced Flowers

ca. 1880

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Cardboard, paper

Container (box): 1 × 10 1/4 × 9 1/8 in. (2.5 × 26 × 23.2 cm)

The Liman Collection

1992.12.20

DescriptionPuzzle in blue cardboard box, with cover illustration of poppies in vase; box divided into four compartments, with twenty strips of cardboard forming four different pictures with vases or bowls of flowers on table, with each letter of the complete word printed on each strip: poppy, tulip, roses, pansy; the object of the game is to match the pictures together by calling upon players for strips.

Markingsprinted: on lid, top: "SLICED FLOWERS/TRADEMARK-REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." printed: on lid, lower left: "MANUFACTURED BY/SELCHOW & RIGHTER CO./"Makers of Parcheesi"/NEW YORK N.Y./MADE IN U.S.A." printed: on lid, lower right corner: "S & R/TRADE MARK [trademark]" printed: on inside of lid: "... THE OBJECT OF THESE STRIPS IS TO TEACH THE YOUNG CHILDREN HOW TO SPELL, TO/STRENGTHEN THEIR MEMORY, AND MAKE THEM FAMILIAR WITH THE FORMS OF THE FLOWERS... [additional text]"

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