Finished 25th January 2016

140 Pieces

Flowers in a Vase, 1726

by Jan van Huysum (1682-1749, dutch baroque painter)

A Wentworth wooden jigsaw puzzle

with cute gardening whimsies

 

Finished 24th January 2016

1000 Pieces

Waldseemuller Map of 1507

This map was created by Martin Waldseemuller, a german cartographer (1470-1520)

First map to use the name "America"
First map to depict a separate Western Hemisphere
First map to depict the Pacific Ocean as a separate body of water

The Library of Congress in Washington DC acquired the original map, which was thought to be lost for many years, in 2001. If you want to find out more, please check this link 

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The jigsaw puzzle was made by Schmidt Puzzle, Germany and has an excellent fit of the pieces.

I assembled it during a Marathon within 11 hours with a photo taken every 2 hours

 

Finished 20th January and updated with more details 24th Jan. 2016

 400 Pieces

The King's Hall and College of Brasenose, Oxford (GB)

 51° 45′ 11.54″ N, 1° 15′ 17.03″ W

a vintage wooden jigsaw puzzle
update: A railway poster of Brasenose College Oxford by Claude Buckle (painter, 1905-1973). This is one of the first posters produced and the original watercolour is held by the National Railway Museum. The image has proved to be very popular and is often re-produced (link)

The college is named after a bronze door knocker :-)) ............... it was founded in 1509, with the College library and current chapel added in the mid-seventeenth century. The College's New Quadrangle was completed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

There's a small leaflet added to the jigsaw puzzle.

Development process: Postcards, USA - 2000pcs. - completed

 Isn't it a wonderful collage of national parks and monuments?
Collage by Howard Robinson
Ravensburger, 2015

17th January

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update 20th January

my choice: pieces with fragments of the borders to complete them first

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28th January - I whish I had more time left for this jigsaw puzzle during the past week...

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30th January

First card completed: Shenandoah National Park

By now I just scrabble inside the mixed pieces and collect those who seem to fit.
Maybe I could be much faster assembling this jigsaw puzzle, but why should I? :-)

Let's see, which national park will be next to be completed and visited.

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31st January

scrabbling along

From this point, the cards (and the jigsaw puzzle) were completed within 45 minutes

Grand Canyon National Park

Mount Rainier National Park

 Redwood National and State Parks

Olympic National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Zion National Park

 Muir Woods National Monument

explore the picture and many detailed views here

Finished 16th January 2016

 80 Pieces

Grape Harvest, Middle Ages

Illustrated in a so-called 'book of hours', this grape harvest symbolizes the autumn.

Approx. late 15th or early 16th century.

The photography of the illustration was cut by hand.

Manufacturer: Michèle Wilson, France

Finished 15th January 2016

 1000 Pieces 

Port Jackson, Sydney

 33° 51′ 30″ S, 151° 14′ 0″ E

A Trefl Jigsaw Puzzle with excellent quality! 

The print is brilliant and sharp, the pieces fit easily :-)

Finished 10th January and updated 15th January 2016

Day 3 of the Megamarathon

... assembled some more jigsaw puzzles again with my husband :-)

 504 Pieces

A Spiffing time- by Fortunino Matania (1881-1963, ital. painter)

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 300 Pieces

George Washington - by Tom Sierak

A montage of the famous painting of the first President of the United States by Gilbert Stuart on top of the Flag of the US and the Constitution for the United States of America.

American Heritage Series by Ravensburger (2013)

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 300 Pieces

Abraham Lincoln Statue - by Brian Johnson

Photography of the 1920-Statue of the 16th President of the United States 

made by Daniel Chester French

American Heritage Series by Ravensburger

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 275 Pieces

Cups & Saucers - by Cobble Hill

this is my favourite

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275 Pieces

Fantasy on Ice - by Walter Campbell

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 500 Pieces

Doggie Style - by Marco
A Schmidt Spiele jigsaw puzzle, Germany

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500 Pieces

Sailing in Sunset - by Bordis