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Douglas Jigsaw Library
The orator, 1930s. 296 plywood pieces, 27½ x 39 cm. Irregular push-fit cut. Douglas Jigsaw Library J72, cut by Gr.
The Douglas Jigsaw Library hailed from Douglas, The Isle of Man. Several puzzles from this library have already been shown here, with basic information collected by Nicki. This one adds to the collection.
The cutter Gr appears to have been the main cutter of the early puzzles from this library. This is a tricky random push-fit cut with some colorline cutting. There is no subdivision of the blank, and the pieces are smoothly shaped, not angular like some of the later puzzles.
The subject is a Maori chief portrayed by famous New Zealand portrait artist Charles Frederick Goldie (1870-1947). The man is wielding a greenstone patu, a weapon for close combat.
A horizontal crease a bit above the middle suggests that this plate was taken from a magazine, like Nicki says was a common source for these puzzles.
New Zealand themed motifs are not all that common, but I showed one earlier, of a Maori woman and child, also with an irregular, if somewhat different, push-fit cut. This now makes me wonder if that other one is also a Douglas Jigsaw Library puzzle...
Douglas Jigsaw Library
The orator, 1930s. 296 plywood pieces, 27½ x 39 cm. Irregular push-fit cut. Douglas Jigsaw Library J72, cut by Gr.
The Douglas Jigsaw Library hailed from Douglas, The Isle of Man. Several puzzles from this library have already been shown here, with basic information collected by Nicki. This one adds to the collection.
The cutter Gr appears to have been the main cutter of the early puzzles from this library. This is a tricky random push-fit cut with some colorline cutting. There is no subdivision of the blank, and the pieces are smoothly shaped, not angular like some of the later puzzles.
The subject is a Maori chief portrayed by famous New Zealand portrait artist Charles Frederick Goldie (1870-1947). The man is wielding a greenstone patu, a weapon for close combat.
A horizontal crease a bit above the middle suggests that this plate was taken from a magazine, like Nicki says was a common source for these puzzles.
New Zealand themed motifs are not all that common, but I showed one earlier, of a Maori woman and child, also with an irregular, if somewhat different, push-fit cut. This now makes me wonder if that other one is also a Douglas Jigsaw Library puzzle...