{"id":4907,"date":"2025-01-24T18:39:03","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T23:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/?p=4907"},"modified":"2025-03-20T12:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T16:47:18","slug":"english-balloon-by-ryan-snarr-boardwalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lquilter.net\/jigsaw\/2025\/01\/24\/english-balloon-by-ryan-snarr-boardwalk\/","title":{"rendered":"English Balloon by Ryan Snarr (Boardwalk)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hoefnagel<\/a> sent me a pack including an 83-piece puzzle by Boardwalk Puzzles<\/a>, “English Balloon<\/a>” by Ryan Snarr<\/a>, which I knocked off in short order. The puzzle description: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ENGLISH\u00a0VINTAGE BALLOON<\/strong> Join an air-born treasure hunt across the English countryside in search of Staffordshire gold. Mr. Green, Jane Air, Coxwell the bird, and Henry the dog navigate this English balloon by C.G. Spencer & Sons. This is a shaped puzzle with an irregular edge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The bird is super tiny and on one of the riders’ shoulders. The “C. G. Spencer & Sons” seemed quite specific & not punny (like “Jane Air”), and indeed, per Wikipedia<\/a>, it was a 19th century hot air ballooning company. More found knowledge by way of puzzling! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could not figure out the bottom whimsy, but just now, looking at it again in the photo, I think I’ve identified it as a Shakespeare bust. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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