Tuck

Tuck's Jazz Picture Puzzles

So far, I have only seen these advertised in a Tuck's catalogue of about 1930.

The ad in the 1930 catalogue reads:

The puzzle in a sealed attractive jazz-coloured box and tied with coloured silk ribbon, with a miniature picture at the bottom of the box, makes a pretty as well as a fascinating gift for young and old.

There is an excellent choice to be made from a varied range of beautifully coloured pictures and interesting subjects.

These puzzles are finely and cleverly cut out of three-ply wood. Made in Fifteen Sizes

pieces

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

500

600

750

1000

1250

1500

prize

1/6

2/6

3/6

5/-

6/6

7/6

9/-

10/6

12/-

15/-

18/-

22/6

30/-

37/6

45/-

So these puzzles had a small guiding picture at the bottom of the box. We see the addition of small pictures to the box emerging all over Europe in the early 1930's

Anne William has a puzzle from this series. With her permission I give pictures of the box, the puzzle and the multi part figure pieces.

The box is 4.75" x 8.25" x 2", the puzzle is 11" x 7.5"