Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID # |
1957.026.001 |
Object Name |
Puzzle |
Title |
Embroidered Puzzle Ball Toy |
Lexicon category |
9: Recreational Artifacts |
Date |
Late 19th-century? |
Made |
Unknown |
Place of Origin |
Unknown |
Description |
Embroidered velvet puzzle ball toy. This puzzle ball is made of light beige-coloured velvet triangles with dark brown gussets. Originally there were 6 gold-coloured pom-poms present. There are embroidered red and purple flower motifs on green-embroidered stems. There is a gold-coloured, satiny ribbon strap that is 21 cm long with a brass ring on the end. The item is stuffed. There is copper-coloured tinsel thread along the edges. |
Provenance |
The exact age of this puzzle ball is unknown, but its embroidery suggests the "crazy quilt" era of the late 19th-century. It belonged to the Witherspoon family. According to Mrs. Newman in 1994, the Witherspoon family had a farm at Jackson, Grey County [west of Owen Sound, Ontario]. They were her husband's maternal relations. She recalls that the children of the family were Jessie, Anne, Lillian, Maud, Walter, Dave, Jim and Peter Witherspoon. |
Collection |
Toys & Games, 19th-c Collection |
Material |
Fabric/Velvet/Ribbon/Embroidery Thread/Thread |
Dimensions |
Dia-15 cm |
Found |
Owen Sound, Grey County |
People |
Witherspoon, Lillian J. |
Subjects |
Babies Children playing Puzzles |
Search Terms |
Victorian Derby Township |
Function |
A fabric toy which can be taken apart (hence the name "puzzle ball") and which was a toy suitable for very young children |