Collection Highlights
French press
1812-1819
1943.368
Mahogany, mahogany veneer; yellow poplar, white pine, brass, plaster
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brooklyn Bridge Block Ball Puzzle
Title
Brooklyn Bridge Block Ball Puzzle
Object name
Mechanical puzzle
Date
1883-1900
Medium
Wood, paper
Dimensions
Overall: 6 x 18 x 1 in. ( 15.2 x 45.7 x 2.5 cm )
Description
Long, rectangular mechanical puzzle with twenty-five balls and twenty-five blocks; lithographed image on the cover and inside of the Brooklyn Bridge with steamships and sailing vessels in the harbor below; cover and interior inscribed, "B B B B PUZZLE/ BROOKLYN BRIDGE BLOCK BALL PUZZLE/ THE B. B. B. B. PUZZLE."
Credit Line
The Liman Collection
Object Number
2000.730ab
Inscriptions
lithographed: on the cover and the interior: "B B B B PUZZLE/ BROOKLYN BRIDGE BLOCK BALL PUZZLE/ THE B. B. B. B. PUZZLE."
Gallery Label
This challenging combination puzzle depicts New York's majestic Brooklyn Bridge, opened for surface traffic in 1883, and the East River teeming with steamships and sailing vessels.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
