Hamley Bros. London Rare c. 1880 "Dissected Map" of the World Puzzle in Original Box scrap wood frames Douglas and Nancy Webster

Douglas and Nancy Webster

No way could I not bring him home

though the family tree gets complicated

dated August 8

It's the crayon colored figure in orange with bright red cheeks and black cloud of a hat and yellow long-legged duck beside him that sold me on this

Hamley Bros. London Rare c. 1880 "Dissected Map" of the World Puzzle in Original Box scrap wood frames Douglas and Nancy WebsterThis is a rare one, and in fact I can't find its exact match, but there were others similar produced in both London and the United States by other companies, which help date to about 1880, maybe a few years earlier. What I've learned is that "dissected maps" (lithography maps mounted to wood and cut into pieces) were one of the earliest types of educational tools for children, used in early kindergarten, and among the first iterations of the jig saw