Young Folk's Cube Puzzle: Little Bo Peep

ca. 1875

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

Wood, paper, cardboard

Container (box): 2 × 6 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (5.1 × 15.6 × 19.7 cm)

The Liman Collection

2000.224

Description"Young Folk's Cube Puzzle: Little Bo Peep" with twelve cube puzzle blocks in a paper covered cardboard and wooden box; chromolithographed image on the box cover of a caricature of a young man and woman courting with an old woman in the background looking on; box cover lithographed with the inscription, "YOUNG FOLK'S CUBE PUZZLE/ LITTLE BO PEEP"; images on the blocks include the image on the box cover of "Little Bo-Peep and the Old Woman's Shy Son", "Little Bo-Peep", "Little Bo-Peep Meets a Raven", "Little Bo-Peep Dreaming", "Bo-Peep restoring the Form of the Princess" and "Elves with Bo-Peep's Sheep".

Markingslithographed: on the box cover: "YOUNG FOLK'S CUBE PUZZLE/ LITTLE BO PEEP"

ClassificationsTOYS

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