Hamley Bros. London Rare c. 1880 "Dissected Map" of the World Puzzle in Original Box scrap wood frames It's the crayon colored figure

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

I realized that what the metallic embroidery in gold and silver reminds me most of is a 19th c

which I purchased from a seller who knew nothing about it

works great--just squeeze the bottom ends of the wooden sticks to which he is attached

Hamley Bros. London Rare c. 1880 "Dissected Map" of the World Puzzle in Original Box scrap wood frames It's the crayon colored figureThis 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