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souvenir jigsaw

Puzzle
1953 (published)
Place of origin

Design: printed card cut into interlocking pieces; red card box
No. of Pieces: over 200


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • souvenir jigsaw (manufacturer's title)
  • no. 1107 (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; English, 1953, cardboard
Physical description
Design: printed card cut into interlocking pieces; red card box
No. of Pieces: over 200
Object history
Issued for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, June 1953
Tower Press, with the trademark of three towers, was established in 1933 and acquired by Waddington in 1966.
Historical context
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: shows a painted picture of Queen Elizabeth ll and Prince Philip in coronation robes; box also show pictures with SOUVENIR JIGSAW written beneath and decorated with scrolls `Over 200 pieces All Fully Interlocking`
together with a short biography of the Queen
Production
a tower press product made in england. The tower press trademark
Collection
Accession number
MISC.249-1985

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
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