Finished 27th October 2013 (and updated 5.2.2022)

500 Pieces

Bad Neuenahr, Germany (which obviously seems to be Bad Kreuznach)

50° 32′ N, 7° 8′  E

A watercolour painting of the City Bad Neuenahr in Rhineland-Palatinate in the Southeast of Germany. In the middle of the 19th century, a winemaker detected a spring with naturally mineralized water and invented a spa to 'take the cure'.

 This is a vintage cardboard jigsaw puzzle which wasn't easy to solve.

Finished 23rd October 2013

700 Pieces

Two Monks at the Angkor Wat

Cambodia

13° 24′ 45″ N, 103° 52′ 0″ E

National Geographic

Finished 22nd October 2013

 70 Pieces

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

by Vivian Mansell

A Victory Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle that might be made in the late 1950ies.

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the reverse side of the box is lettered in handwriting. 

It is a part of the nursery rhyme "The Grand Old Duke of York"

Finished 21st October 2013

 600 Pieces

This Imperial Egg has been created to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the reign of Tsar Nicolaus II. The Miniatures show the Tsar and his Family as well as important scenes from his reign.

• Creator: Henrik Wigström
• Sign: Fabergé, Henrik Wigström, 72 Kokoschnik
• Materials: Gold, translucid green and opaque white Email, Diamonds, rock crystal, ivory
• technique: Email, opalescent Email on Guilloche, chased work,painting on ivory
• Height: 13,2 cm
• Origin: A present from Tsar Nicolaus II. to his beloved wife, The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York
• Disposition: Collection of Mr. Vekselberg

Find out more on this website

and see all famous imperial eggs in stunning pictures
 on this wonderful site

The Jigsaw Puzzle dates back to 1998 when the Imperial Egg was owned by the Forbes Collection. 

It is oval-shaped and was made for Past Times, GB.

Find the reverse side of this double-sided jigsaw puzzle here

Finished 20th October 2013

200 tall pieces

This rose, a 'Gloria dei', stood in my garden for just a few years. 

She did not survive the previous harsh winter.

I created this jigsaw puzzle with fotopuzzle.de

Finished 19th October 2013

1000 Pieces

Replica of the Old Byodoin Temple

The Temple was built at the very late 10th century in Kyoto, Japan and was given to its sacred usage just a few decades later.

I really love to solve the Castorland Jigsaw Puzzles as they have an excellent cut and fit of the pieces.

Finished 15th October 2013

 500 Pieces

St. Gallen, Switzerland - Rhine-Valley

A vintage cardboard jigsaw puzzle made by JUMBO 

with slightly used pieces that fit excellent!

Finished 13th October 2013

 approx. 120 Pieces

"Beary Bears" (german: bärige Bären)

wooden jigsaw ArtPuzzle made in Switzerland

The pieces are cut like bats and angels who seem to embrace each other:

this is the way how bats (above) and angels (below) meet each other and 'fly':

Finished 13th October 2013

 250 Pieces

Concorde - British Airways (1976-2003)

A Wentworth Wooden jigsaw puzzle with some cute whimsies:

 

 step by step to the sky:

 

Finished 12th October 2013

 

250 Pieces

Hamburg - Impressions

(by Carmen Steiner)

This wooden jigsaw puzzle shows the "Cap San Diego", a Cargo Ship built 1960ies in order to travel constantly between Europe and South America. Today it is in Hamburg as a museum and can be visited all year long. It travels on the Elbe and you can even book it or sleep there!

More informations can be found here

the marine Whimsies:

 

some whimsies are built from two pieces:

 

no lebster here? Okay, this is my favourite whimsie today: 

Finished 12th October 2013

2000 Pieces

The Billy Boys - by Jack Vettriano (1994)

a Ravensburger Jigsaw Puzzle that was assembled between 23rd September and 12th October.

It took more time for me to complete the skyin the upper third of the painting! :-))

Finished 9th October 2013

approx. 140 Pieces

Hamburg

A swissmade wooden jigsaw with these cute whimsies related to the city Hamburg.

Finished 5th October 2013

500 Pieces

"Kenworth"

It seems to be a Kenworth Truck W900

I assembled this jigsaw puzzle within 2,5 hours

during a challenge that took place in my german board yesterday evening :-)

Finished 4th October 2013

 250 Pieces

Concorde Power, Grace and Glory - by Stuart H. Bourne

(Quality Aviation Photos Ltd.)

The Concorde G-BOAD landing at Farnborough Air Show, UK - 14th Sept. 1990

Find out everything here about the Concorde, the History and the horrible crash in 2000 as well as the efforts to bring the supersonic airplane back to the sky!

The G-BOAD is now at the INTREPID Sea-Air-Space-Museum in New York. 

It was also 'her' to pass the atlantic ocean in 2:52:59 hours in 1996.

A Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw with Whimsies related to planes and aviation

Finished 3rd October 2013

 250 Teile

A castle in Belgium (no idea which one it is) - seems to be a custom made wooden puzzle according to a private photography?

A Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle with cute Whimsies:

Finished 3rd October 2013

 250 Pieces

Royal Mail Ship "Queen Elizabeth 2"

A Wentworth Wooden Jigsaw Puzzle with cute naval Whimsies

still my favourite Whimsy:

The Ship was inaugurated in 1967. Find more important news about it here

Finished 2nd October 2013

72 Pieces

"Small Dream in Red" by Vassily Kandinsky (1925)

Kunsthalle Bern

The Russian Painter is said to be the creator of the first abstract painting in the world. Kandinsky was born in Moscow 1866 and lived and worked in europe until his death 1944. He was a synesthesiast which means that he did not only saw the colours, but 'heard' them. For example there was a loud red, a silent yellow etc.

The jigsaw puzzle is made of wood by ArtPuzzle, Switzerland and is cut like a 'normal-shaped' cardboard jigsaw puzzle.

Finished 1st. October 2013

 

140 Pieces

"Hebridean Spirit"
A custom made Wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzle

Length: 320 ft (110m)
Beam: 21 ft (5m)
Draft: 12 ft (6m)
Built: 1979
Guests: 110 in 55 cabins ()
Crew: 55
Operating Area: West & East Med
Base Port: South France
Engines & Generators: Diesel
Cruising Speed: 12


"... in July 2001 she was christened by HM The Princess Royal in Leith, Edinburgh. Her year-round programme includes India, the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, South Africa, north Africa, the Mediterranean, Baltic, the Red and Black Seas, Norway, and the UK." (source)