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popinjay's jig-puz book the adventures of popinjay

Puzzle
1950s (published)
Place of origin

Design: book - front cover red with illustrations of the characters; back cover cream, spine blue cloth. Contains 5 coloured puzzles, with interlocking pieces housed in a groove in the cardboard on the right side of book. on the left side is printed text given the story
No. of Pieces: 5 puzzle, each of 48 pieces


Object details

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Object type
Titles
  • popinjay's jig-puz book the adventures of popinjay (manufacturer's title)
  • full jig-saw puzzles and stories. jigpuzbuk regd. (manufacturer's title)
Brief description
Popinjay's Jig-Puz Book; English, 1950s
Physical description
Design: book - front cover red with illustrations of the characters; back cover cream, spine blue cloth. Contains 5 coloured puzzles, with interlocking pieces housed in a groove in the cardboard on the right side of book. on the left side is printed text given the story
No. of Pieces: 5 puzzle, each of 48 pieces
DimensionsSize: 10in x 7½in x 1in
Object history
Popinjay is a teddy bear.
Historical context
No. of Players: any
Equipment required: puzzle book showing 5 chapters of the story; at top right corner of each text page is a guide picture to that page
Production
printed and published in great britain by john leng & co ltd, 186 fleet street, london, e c 4
Collection
Accession number
MISC.345-1981

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Record createdMarch 5, 2000
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