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a lot of puzzles and books on the tablepainting of a man with a beard and mustache on a tile wall
Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes

125 - A set of four 19th-century puzzles.
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Estimate €120 - €180
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Description
A set of four 19th-century puzzles. - ‘Compliments of the inventor’. A 28-piece puzzle (26 letters and 2 ampersands) with an image on the reverse of a giant’s head being attacked by goblins. Presented in a wooden box without its lid. - The Alphabetical Farm. Paris, H. Duru, Lithogr. H. Jannin, [c. 1855]. Cardboard box illustrated with a lithograph, containing 3 complete jigsaw puzzles: The Harvest, Off to the Market (1 small piece missing), The Farmwife Goes to Milk Her Cows. Box is damaged and soiled. - The Children’s Railway. A box of jigsaw puzzles. Bavaria, J. W.S. & S., [c. 1900]. Cardboard box in poor condition and 4 locomotive jigsaw puzzles in good condition. - Grotesque Alphabet. Paris, L. Saussine, [c. 1870]. Cardboard box virtually non-existent; 2 jigsaw puzzles, each with 6 figures. - Illustrated alphabet game to teach children to read and count whilst entertaining them... [c. 1890]. Wooden box with a sliding lid and title label, containing 73 out of 75 pieces for 3 jigsaw puzzles: 1/- on the front, chromolithograph ‘Summer in the Woods’. Paris, Aubry; on the reverse, numbers (0 to 9 repeated twice) and 2 ligated letters, 2 accented letters and the letter W. 2/ – on the front, a chromolithograph entitled ‘Autumn in the Vineyards’. Paris, Aubry; on the reverse, the alphabet (the letter ‘O’ is missing); 3/ – on the front, a pink drawing on each piece of a character or object ranging from Harlequin to Zinnia. Paris, A. Suive; on the back, the alphabet (the ‘U’ is missing). Each piece is numbered from 1 to 25. A label from the shop ‘Au Paradis des Enfants’ on the outer base of the box. Overall condition of the jigsaw puzzles (excluding the boxes): 7/10 – Rarity: 4/5
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Auction time 10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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