American 1021pc Prob Parker Pastime 53x72cm Trip to the Mill DSC08719
A cheer went up when we finished this jigsaw at the House Party at c9-22 on Sunday. This is the rear showing the 5 replacements and the segmented cut.
This was one of several large jigsaws I optimistically took to do over three days. I bought it in August 2019 for a reasonable sum, probably because it wasn't labelled as Parker Pastime, had no original box, no piece count or dimensions, and had replacements and a chewed piece. The division of the blank into rectangles is uncommon for Parker Pastime (but not without precedent) and the number and shape of the figurals indicated to me that it was American and likely Parker. I had a bit of discussion about it with an American BCD member who came to the event, in our private facebook group, so I was keen to complete this jigsaw first.
The 1500pc board was big enough - dimensions 53x72cm and piece count to be made later. The 125 figurals are really quite large - this surprised me, but the largest Parker I'd done previously was only about 400pc. The replacements have proved to be rather crude and I would eventually like to get better ones made. One replacement 'corner' (which ended up on the floor, which I picked up and put on the next table because it didn't look like our jigsaw at all then reclaimed and placed later) can be seen on the lower edge.
POST SCRIPT:
I started removing the figurals to take a photo of the holes and count them. After about 2 squares I decided to turn the jigsaw over to photograph the cut and count figurals and pieces. I gave up on pieces but marked 125 figurals. Putting the jigsaw back in the box I counted 1,021pc - including 130 figurals, or 12.7% figurals.
For the remainder of our time (when we were not watching lectures) we devoted ourselves to the large Wentworth tessellation (David) and I worked on several small jigsaws.
American 1021pc Prob Parker Pastime 53x72cm Trip to the Mill DSC08719
A cheer went up when we finished this jigsaw at the House Party at c9-22 on Sunday. This is the rear showing the 5 replacements and the segmented cut.
This was one of several large jigsaws I optimistically took to do over three days. I bought it in August 2019 for a reasonable sum, probably because it wasn't labelled as Parker Pastime, had no original box, no piece count or dimensions, and had replacements and a chewed piece. The division of the blank into rectangles is uncommon for Parker Pastime (but not without precedent) and the number and shape of the figurals indicated to me that it was American and likely Parker. I had a bit of discussion about it with an American BCD member who came to the event, in our private facebook group, so I was keen to complete this jigsaw first.
The 1500pc board was big enough - dimensions 53x72cm and piece count to be made later. The 125 figurals are really quite large - this surprised me, but the largest Parker I'd done previously was only about 400pc. The replacements have proved to be rather crude and I would eventually like to get better ones made. One replacement 'corner' (which ended up on the floor, which I picked up and put on the next table because it didn't look like our jigsaw at all then reclaimed and placed later) can be seen on the lower edge.
POST SCRIPT:
I started removing the figurals to take a photo of the holes and count them. After about 2 squares I decided to turn the jigsaw over to photograph the cut and count figurals and pieces. I gave up on pieces but marked 125 figurals. Putting the jigsaw back in the box I counted 1,021pc - including 130 figurals, or 12.7% figurals.
For the remainder of our time (when we were not watching lectures) we devoted ourselves to the large Wentworth tessellation (David) and I worked on several small jigsaws.