Collection Highlights
Grenadier cap
Date:
1740-1770
Object Number:
1890.3
Medium:
Wool, linen
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Luce Center
Crandall's Masquerade Blocks
Object Number:
2000.282
Date:
ca. 1875
Medium:
Wood, paper
Dimensions:
box: 1 1/2 x 8 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 22.2 x 12.1 cm )
Marks:
lithographed: on the box cover: "CRANDALL/ Masquerade/ BLOCKS."
Inscriptions:
in pencil: underside of cover: "Bertha E [Dattle?]/ Bo[ne?]ns H[ll?]/ January 20th 1878
Description:
Puzzle consisting of eight wooden blocks with segments of colored lithograph glued to all six faces; object of puzzle is to match top and bottom halves of figures and faces; in wooden box with sliding lid; box cover printed, "CRANDALL/ Masquerade/ BLOCKS."
Credit Line:
The Liman Collection
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
