- 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
