Accession Number: 2012.22.1
Description: Two piece square tinplate box; lid is lithographed red with legend in black; bottom is gold; interior holds fifteen square Bakelite game pieces with a braille number symbol in raised dots on top, top edges of pieces are chamfered, pieces numbered 1-15; label on lid reads, "The Fifteen Puzzle/FOR THE BLIND/Designed and Supplied/By The/National Institute For The Blind/Registered Under the Blind Persons Act, 1920/Gt. Portland Street, London, W.I."
Height: 4.125
Width: 4.125
Depth: 0.5
Date Made: ca. 1920
Maker: National Institute for the Blind
Place of Origin: London, England
Credit Line: Gift of Fred Otto, 2012.22.
Subjects: Games Blind persons Blindness Rehabilitation
Dimension Notes: Game pieces are 1x1x.375"
Made: National Institute for the Blind
Material: Tinplate, Bakelite
Updated: 04/28/2014
