Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Puzzle book in a box
Object Number:
INV.11129a-nn
Date:
1875-1925
Medium:
Cardboard, paper, ceramic
Dimensions:
book: 8.6 x 8.6 x 0.3 cm (3 3/8 x 3 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Box: 3/4 x 3 5/8 x 3 5/8 in. (1.9 x 9.2 x 9.2 cm)
Largest (tile): 3
Marks:
printed: on box cover: "STERN-RATSEL/ STERRADSEL/ PROBLEME L'ETOILE/ STJERNEGAADE/ STAR/ PUZZLE"
printed: on book cover: "Star Puzzle/ Stern-/ Ratsel./ A/ Made in Germany"
printed: interior pages: Publishers plates, instruction pages
Description:
Cardboard box (in five pieces) holding the Star Puzzle (thirty-four black and beige ceramic tiles) and gamebook; box covered in blue and black with gold stars paper; paper book has an image of a boy shooting a crossbow at a star shaped target on its cover.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
