Another lovely, lovely wooden puzzle. Third of the four antiques I bought. When I first added this puzzle to my online catalog, I didn’t know the artist because not named on the packaging. But I found it in a detail on the puzzle itself! A quick search online verified. The first painting that came up was a different one by this artist, but the distinctive watercolor style and set of the sails on the ship so similar I immediately recognized it.
(Ship detail in my puzzle)
Funny thing is the puzzle title on the box differs from how it’s listed online. Every place I found this exact same artwork, as a lithograph print, it was called Coming Into Port instead.
I have not much to add about the quality of this wooden puzzle- it was delightful to handle, just like the others. Made of what looks like three layers of plywood. The colors were brighter and the edges less worn on this one. It had less damage, too- one knob the picture was peeling up a bit, I glued that back down. Two knobs broken but still present and fitted into the puzzle when complete, no issue. Standard ribbon cut, average piece shape variety. Just nice to do because it handles so differently, and I admire its age as a physical object (somewhere around ninety years old).
One piece had a single layer of a knob missing underneath, but I didn’t notice until I flipped it over to look at the wood grain.
The piece cut is very similar to Early Spring, especially that swath of wide ones down through the middle. I thought maybe it was exactly the same cut just flipped, but it’s not quite.
Finished size 12 x 9″.
