Hamley Bros. London Rare c. 1880 "Dissected Map" of the World Puzzle in Original Box vintage measuring tape and delicate aqua blue with

and delicate aqua blue with lots of bubbles in the glass and thick walls encasing the vessel itself toward the bottom

the other a painted yellow ring

Drawings measure 9 1/2" x 6" and are in very good condition--found folded up but I have been flattening them out and they will flatten out more

There are a few lighter striations on one side of the back

Hamley Bros. London Rare c. 1880 "Dissected Map" of the World Puzzle in Original Box vintage measuring tape and delicate aqua blue withThis is a rare one, and in fact I can't find its exact match, but there were others similar produced in both London and the United States by other companies, which help date to about 1880, maybe a few years earlier. What I've learned is that "dissected maps" (lithography maps mounted to wood and cut into pieces) were one of the earliest types of educational tools for children, used in early kindergarten, and among the first iterations of the jig saw