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tuck jazz
Unknown title, c1930. 152 plywood pieces, 30 x 20½ cm. Push fit, random cut. Tuck’s “Jazz” picture puzzle, made in England by Rafael Tuck & Sons Ltd.
Here's another example of the rare Jazz Picture Puzzle series by Raphael Tuck. As far as I can tell, the Jazz puzzles have three signature properties: the jagged piece edges, a threeway partition of the blank, and a multi-piece figural in each part (see inset). These figurals themselves are recognizable icons from the figurals of the regular Tuck Zag-Zaw jigsaws (like the hat), and also their placement inside a segment of the puzzle is similar to the Zag-Zaw organization. But all in all these Jazz jigsaws have a completely different look.
For this puzzle Tuck made use of an image from their Oilette postcard range. Oilette was a term used by Tuck to refer to a particular postcard style that had the look of an oil painting. It's not my kind of image, but assembly was great fun.
This one came without a box, so I do not have a title.
tuck jazz
Unknown title, c1930. 152 plywood pieces, 30 x 20½ cm. Push fit, random cut. Tuck’s “Jazz” picture puzzle, made in England by Rafael Tuck & Sons Ltd.
Here's another example of the rare Jazz Picture Puzzle series by Raphael Tuck. As far as I can tell, the Jazz puzzles have three signature properties: the jagged piece edges, a threeway partition of the blank, and a multi-piece figural in each part (see inset). These figurals themselves are recognizable icons from the figurals of the regular Tuck Zag-Zaw jigsaws (like the hat), and also their placement inside a segment of the puzzle is similar to the Zag-Zaw organization. But all in all these Jazz jigsaws have a completely different look.
For this puzzle Tuck made use of an image from their Oilette postcard range. Oilette was a term used by Tuck to refer to a particular postcard style that had the look of an oil painting. It's not my kind of image, but assembly was great fun.
This one came without a box, so I do not have a title.