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Mosaic Amusement

Mosaic Kit
ca.1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Part of a mosiac-amusement set that consists of 13 wooden pieces (from a set of 16) each consisting of a square formed by two triangles one of dark-toned the other of light-toned wood joined together, an engraved key sheet of diagrams and an engraved sheet of instructions. All within a wooden box with a sliding lid with an engraved pictorial label in German and English.


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Object type
TitleMosaic Amusement (generic title)
Brief description
Part of a mosiac-amusement set that consists of 13 wooden pieces (from a set of 16), an engraved key sheet of diagrams and an engraved sheet of instructions. All within a wooden box with a sliding lid with an engraved pictorial label in German and English. Anonymous, German, ca.1825.
Physical description
Part of a mosiac-amusement set that consists of 13 wooden pieces (from a set of 16) each consisting of a square formed by two triangles one of dark-toned the other of light-toned wood joined together, an engraved key sheet of diagrams and an engraved sheet of instructions. All within a wooden box with a sliding lid with an engraved pictorial label in German and English.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum : Department of Prints & Drawings and Department of Paintings : Accessions 1954. Her Majesty's Stationery Office. London. 1963.
Collection
Accession number
E.1852B-1954

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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