Finished 29th July 2013 + updated with a link in October 2014

 140 Pieces

Portraits of the Sovereigns of England

A Cosway Binding Set with 39 Miniature Portraits after Worthingtons Engravings)

Copyright by Christie's Images Ltd.

Cosway Binding is a leather-bound book binding inset with detailed miniature paintings on either the cover or inside cover, or both.  They are named after the English miniaturist Richard Cosway,  although he died before the first examples of this bindery method were released.

William Henry Worthington was a portrait and figure engraver (1795-1839) - he worked on the Sovereigns in 1822-1824.

The Miniatures on the Book "Portraits of the Souverains" were probably created by Miss. C.B. Currie (1849-1940). We now know that “Miss C.B. Currie” was Caroline Billin Curry, but the rest of her life remains a mystery.

The Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw contains typical Whimsies related to royal household and heraldry

 Yesterday I found a piece of engraved wood (plywood) that perfectly fits the 140pcs.-Wentworth Jigsaws :-)) .......... doesn't it look nice?

+ I found some beautiful websites regarding the miniature painting:

A Private Portrait Miniature Collection

 The Tansey Miniatures Foundation (engl. + german)

The Royal Society of Miniature Painters (engl.)

 

Finished 28th July 2013

500 Pieces

Zodiac: Aries/Bélier (fran.)

by Bower/ Linda et Roger Garland

Visit the artist's Website and learn more about those painters who are famous for the "Lord of the Rings"-paintings.

A series of 12 zodiacal signs by Jeux Nathan, the French 'sister' of Ravensburger.

I really like this art and will solve some more within the next weeks.... :-))



Finished 27th July 2013

500 Pieces

 Bi-Plane

Photography taken by Schapowalow/Sellmer

The Biplane is - maybe - a Boing-Stearman Model 75

The Ravensburger jigsaw puzzle dates back to 1985

Finished 26th July 2013

 500 Pieces

"Dschungle" by Mark Gregory (2012)

A 3D- jigsaw puzzle with Visual Echo technology which was a bit challenging, but pure fun to assemble! :-)

 

 

Finished 25th July 2013

 100 Pieces

"Lil'Wings"

Morpho didius (maybe Morpho peleides)

If you want to know more about this special species: wikipedia & goliathus

Finished 24th July 2013

387 pieces (-1)

Germany

Shaped jigsaw puzzle made of cardboard

A merchandising product edited by the german post  to celebrate the reunion in 1990 as well as the new cip codes in 1993.



Finished 23rd July 2013

 1000 Pieces

Get your kicks on Route 66 - Chicago

The historic Route heads towards West while passing 8 states.

Get your kicks on Wikipedia

Still-Life with truck ;-)



Congratulations to the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge

Today, 22nd July 2013, the Royal Baby was Born.

According to the Tradition of the Monarchy, the Queen and the Primeminister

were informed before the News were spread to the World.

The Baby is named George Alexander Louis and is now Third in line of succession to the Throne and will once be crowned King.



Finished 21st July 2013

 500 Pieces

"Bowling"by Walter Dendy Sadler (1854-1923), an english artist, who decided to be a painter at the age of 16 and managed to exhibit at the Royal Academy during the 1890ies. "He painted contemporary people in domestic and daily life pursuits, showing them with comical expressions illustrating their greed,(...)" (source: wikipedia.org)

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500 Pieces

Wheatfield, with cypresses

by vanGogh, 1880ies

Finished 20th July + Update 23rd July 2013

 

500 Pieces

"Diving Adventure"

by Jörg Zahradnicek, 2007

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"Sitting ducks - little kiss"

Copyright by Universal Pictures, 2004

 Kiss me, Baby! :-))

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"Berlin, 1989, Brandenburg Gate"

The Jigsaw Puzzle shows many people sitting an standing on the "Wall" 

The Jigsaw Puzzle itself dates back to this historic year.

This is what the people in west Germany saw during the era of the "DDR": the flag of the former German Democratic Republic (1949-1990) just behind the reverse side of the Quadriga.

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4x 24 Pieces

"GIPSO", a vintage Game Board (1979/1981)

Update
Today, 23rd July, I found some more interesting news about GIPSO on this page 

"The rules

(...)

Preparation for play

   The players seat themselves at the four sides of the board, each of which corresponds to a season: winter, spring, summer, autumn. Each player tries to complete the puzzle corresponding to his season before the others. At the beginning, the puzzles pieces are put in the plastic bag; then each player draw from it 4 pieces randomly.

   How to play

   Having established the order of play, the first player rolls one dice, advancing his marker from circle n° 1 the number of spaces indicated by the dice. He does the thing corresponding to the colour of the circle on which the marker has stopped, constructing his own puzzle step by step. Then it's the turn of the second player, to the left of the first one and so on.

   The board circles

   Red: Draw two pieces randomly from the bag.

Darkblue: Choose two pieces to put back in the bag

   Green: Negociate: free exchange can be arranged with the other players
 
...."

More infos on Boardgamegeek - Goblins (italian) and Nobleknight

Finished 19th July 2013

 100 Pieces

"Aladdin" (Disney)

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500 Pieces (-1)

"The Jubilee Excursion"

(The Walt Disney Company, 1986)

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500 Pieces

"Gelini  -  On a Treasure Hunt"

- this is my Favourite :-) -

Finished 16th July 2013

1000 Pieces

"A City on the Wing" by Jatzek Yerka

Jatzek Yerka was born in Poland in 1952. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Toru, Poland, and was specializedin printmaking. He began working as an full-time-artist in 1980 and early found his way of 'talking' through his paintings. His favourite era was the 1950ies and it glimpses through.

He paints so many details that you can stand and stare a long while and I am sure that you'll discover more details every time you watch it :-)

Find out even more on Yerkaland

 

Accompli le 14 juillet 2013 <<< finished 14th July, french national holiday

1008 Pieces

Cutty Sark Sailing Ship

painting by Walter Pepperle

The Cutty Sark is a british clipper ship built in Scotland and launched late 19th century.

On the right side you have an uneasy sense of the figurehead called Nannie. She's the witch from "Tam o'Shanter", a poem by Robert Burns.

If you want to see more pictures of this fully rigged ship, please click HERE

Jigsaw Puzzle dated 2006 

with so-called "Softclick Technology" by Ravensburger

Started yesterday by me and my friend, continued by me today while watching "Ice Age 2" and finished by my husband :-)))

Finished 13th July - with a friend

1000 Pieces

"Whitehaven Beach, Australia"

20°15' S 148° 58' E

A Satuzzle-jigsaw Puzzle made in Germany

Whitehaven beach is a 7 km long pure white beach along Whitsunday Island at the eastcoast of Australia. It belongs to the UNESCO World Natural Heritage. The white sand consists of 98% pure silica. The Area is famous for its fauna: Humpback Whales, Stingrays or the Box Jellyfish.

The beach was discovered in late 19th century.

Whitehaven Beach is famous for its 

Yesterday a friend visited me and we started together assembling this picture. It was a challenge, especially the blue sea and the green parts of vegetation.

Finished 9th July 2013

 

750 Pieces

"Proud Peacocks Preening Perfect Plumage"

A picture taken from the famous book ANIMALIA by Graeme Base (born 1958)

and manufactured in Australia 1986 by Murfett Regency

  

There ae several riddles to be solved: first of all you have to find Graeme as a boy:

 

afterwards you have to assemble the jigsaw puzzle and try to solve this riddle:

okay, I had to check the answer:

here is the Panda :-)

and finally you have to find all things that are named with a P

Piano +Potatoes

Phoenix

Passionfruit

Panther

Painter

Prism and Peas

Pine + Pine-Cones

Paris, Palms and Pyramids

Parthenon + Pisa

Palace, Peak, Pagoda, Prince & Princess and Pegasus

Porcupine

Peaches, Palisades, a plant in a Pot

Pope, Peace and a Parrot

Peacocks

Pygmy, Prisoner,Psitol and Policeman

a Piper, Pharao and Penguin

Philosopher and Paperroll, Politician, Prison, Piglet

 Pregnant Woman with a Pompadour and a Poodle

Physician

Panda, Pan on a Pillar, another Penguin

Pitchfork, Plow and some more Peacocks

Poppies and Parcel

Pheasant , Puffin and Pumpkin

oh yes, and Plants (various) :-))

 

if you find more, please let me know!

Finished 8th July 2013

200 Pieces

"White Rose"

I took this picture last year and turned it into a jigsaw puzzle by www.fotopuzzle.de

Unfortunately the rose stock didn't survive the long winter and frost. 

This picture will remind me of her gracile pure white petals.

The jigsaw puzzle was more than a small finger exercise

and I had a little help from my mother :-)

Finished 7th July 2013

500 Pieces

St. Wolfgang and the "White Horse Inn", Austria

On 14th June I assembled a similar scene with a view of St. Wolfgang and an overview of the lake. This picture is taken from the lake and shows the famous "White Horse Inn", too.

A Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzle that dates 1991.

Finished 7th July 2013

500 Pieces

Monet's Studio, France

Claude Monet (1840-1926) was a worldfamous french impressionist.

In 1883 he lent the house in Giverny and created his famous garden. He also started painting his famous Nymphaea-Series here.

The Jigsaw Puzzle dates back to 1993 and shows a nostalgic view on the Studio, where Monet lived for more than 30 years.

This Jigsaw Puzzle was challenging, but assembled within 6 hours.

Finished 6th July 2013 - updated 7th July

1000 Pieces

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Photography by Petr Zhor, a czech Photographer

These skyscrapers are located at the FDR Drive and Southstreet Viaduct, NYC

A cardboard Jigsaw Puzzle by czech Manufacturer DINO

It was fun to assemble it today...