Zag-Zaw line of puzzles was first produced in 1909, most incorporate figurals or whimsies, sold in red, orange, or occasionally green boxes with labels on the side or bottom of the box, most without guide pictures. Initially cut non-interlocking but by 1930's became more so. Puzzles have a different cuts so that the same image will come in several versions which means that missing pieces can not be taken from other puzzles with the same image. The puzzle labels are often hand written and come with minor variations in titles and details. Some have a DESIGN catergory on the label. From my readings this refers to the style of cut, wavy lines, figurals, etc. See also Bob Armstrong's website on old jigsaw puzzles
Title
THE CORNFIELD, boy drinks from pool, dog herds sheep down a tree lined lane into a cornfield
Item Comment
about 75 pieces, figurals, wooden, complete with box, also pictured in several of the catalogs and listed as No. O1 and NO. 0810. Described in Wikipedia -"The Cornfield is an oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist John Constable. It was finished in 1826 and first exhibited at the Royal Academy that same year. It measures 143 by 122 cm and hangs in the National Gallery, London. John Constable was an English landscape painter in the Romantic tradition. Constable referred to the painting as The Drinking Boy. It shows a lane leading from East Bergholt toward Dedham, Essex"
