Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
Date:
ca. 1825
Object Number:
1920.5
Medium:
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Sectional Animals
Object Number:
1992.12.18
Date:
1900-1920
Medium:
Cardboard
Dimensions:
box: 1 x 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. ( 2.5 x 24.1 x 18.4 cm )
Marks:
printed: on lid: "SECTIONAL/ANIMALS/SIX ANIMAL PICTURES"
printed: on lid: "MADE IN U.S.A./4753"
printed: on lid: "MILTON BRADLEY CO. SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A."
Description:
Six puzzles in various colors, each with eight large pieces, representing animals with their names underneath pictures: zebra, tiger, elephant, bear, lion, buffalo; in green cardboard box with cover illustration of three pictures of buffalo, lion, and bear, against background of palm trees; sides of lid decorated with greenery; inside of box stamped with pictures of puzzles when completed.
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
